^23:35The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed⁸⁵ him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save⁸⁶ himself if⁸⁷ he is the Christ⁸⁸ of God, his chosen one!”

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Footnotes

85 A figurative extension of the literal meaning “to turn one’s nose up at someone”; here “ridicule, sneer at, show contempt for” (L&N 33.409).
86 The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.
87 This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
88 Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” See the note on Christ in .

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

NLTNew Living Translation

The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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