Matthew 27:41

Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

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WEBBE

Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

BSB

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

KJV

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

ASV

In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,

BBE

In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

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ὁμοίως homoiōs Likewise G3668 δὲ de now G1161 καὶ kai also G2532 οἱ hoi the G3588 ἀρχιερεῖς archiereis chief priests G749 ἐμπαίζοντες empaizontes mocking G1702 μετὰ meta with G3326 τῶν tōn the G3588 γραμματέων grammateōn scribes G1122 καὶ kai and G2532 πρεσβυτέρων presbuterōn elders G4245 καὶ kai and G2532 Φαρισαίων Pharisaiōn Pharisees G5330 ἔλεγον elegon were saying G3004

The early church

(Serm. 55. 2.) From what source of error, O Jews, have ye sucked in the poison of such blasphemies? What teacher delivered it to you? What learning moved you to think that the true King of Israel, that the veritable Son of God, would be He who would not suffer Himself to be crucified, and would set free His body from the fastenings of the nails? Not the hidden meaning of the Law, not the mouths of the Prophets. Had ye indeed ever read, I hid not my face from the shame of spitting; (Is. 50:6.) or that again, They pierced my hands and my feet, they told all my bones. (Ps. 22:16.) Where have ye ever read that the Lord came down from the cross? But ye have read, The Lord hath reigned from the tree.e
Leo the Great · d. 461Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Had He then been prevailed on by their taunts to leave the cross, He would not have proved to us the power of endurance; but He waited enduring their mockery; and He who would not come down from the cross, rose again from the tomb.
Rabanus Maurus · d. 856Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 35–44

It was usual to put shame upon malefactors, by a writing to notify the crime for which they suffered. So they set up one over Christ's head. This they designed for his reproach, but God so overruled it, that even his accusation was to his honour. There were crucified with him at the same time, two robbers. He was, at his death, numbered among the transgressors, that we, at our death, might be numbered among the saints. The taunts and jeers he received are here recorded. The enemies of Christ labour to make others believe that of religion and of the people of God, which they themselves know to be false. The chief priests and scribes, and the elders, upbraid Jesus with being the King of Israel. Many people could like the King of Israel well enough, if he would but come down from the cross; if they could but have his kingdom without the tribulation through which they must enter into it. But if no cross, then no Christ, no crown. Those that would reign with him, must be willing to suffer with him. Thus our Lord Jesus, having undertaken to satisfy the justice of God, did it, by submitting to the punishment of the worst of men. And in every minute particular recorded about the sufferings of Christ, we find some prediction in the Prophets or the Psalms fulfilled.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.