Luk 23:35 | NET2full | STEP | The people also stood there watching , but the leaders ridiculed him, saying , “He saved others . Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God , his chosen one !”

‏ Luke 23:35

35 The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed ^{▼▼tn 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).} him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save ^{▼▼sn The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.} himself if ^{▼▼tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.} he is the Christ ^{▼▼tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”} ^{▼▼sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.} of God, his chosen one!”