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Matthew 27:43

Matthew 27:43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The thieves also,.... One or other of them, not both; an Hebrew way of speaking, as Drusius (b) observed: so it is said of Jonah, Jon 1:5, that he was "gone down into the sides of the ship"; not into…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 27:42-43

He saved others - It does not seem probable that they meant to admit that he had actually saved others, but only that he “pretended” to save them from death by miracles, or that he claimed to be the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

He trusted in God See Psa 22:8. The chief priests unconsciously apply to the true Messiah the very words of a Messianic psalm.