Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
save thyself, and come down from the cross.
save thyself, and come down from the cross!'
save thyself, and descend from the cross.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Suggesting that if he was what he had pretended to be, and could do what he gave out he could, he might easily free himself from the cross, and make his escape; See Gill on Mat 27:39, Mat 27:40.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
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“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
