"Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save." — Mark 15:31

Mark 15:31 · KJV

“Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.”

— Mark 15:31

Verse 30

Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

Verse 32

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

Mark 15 — Context

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest {it} in three days,

Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Cross References

John 12:23-24

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Psalms 2:1-4

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}

Matthew 27:41-43

Likewise also the chief priests mocking {him}, with the scribes and elders, said,

Psalms 22:16-17

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Luke 23:35-37

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided {him}, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

John 11:47-52

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

1 Peter 3:17-18

For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.