Luk 23:35 | NETfull | STEP | The people also stood there watching, but the rulers 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 rulers ridiculed ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.} himself if ^{▼▼ This is a first class condition in the Greek text.} he is the Christ ^{▼▼ Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”} ^{▼▼ See the note on Christ in 2:11.} of God, his chosen one!”