Mark 15:31
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Mark 15:31 in other translations
| BSB | In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! |
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| WEB | Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself. |
| ASV | In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. |
| YLT | And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, ‘Others he saved; himself he is not able to save. |
| DARBY | In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. |
| BBE | In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. |
| Webster | Likewise also the chief priests mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others, himself he cannot save. |
What does Mark 15:31 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 15:22-32
The place where our Lord Jesus was crucified, was called the place of a scull; it was the common place of execution; for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors. Whenever we look unto Christ crucified, we must remember what was written over his head; he is a King, and we must give up ourselves to be his subjects, as Israelites indeed. They crucified two thieves with him, and him in the midst; they…
Mark 15:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 15:31
- John 12:23-24
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
- Matthew 27:41-43
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- Psalms 22:16-17
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
- Psalms 2:1-4
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- 1 Peter 3:17-18
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- Luke 23:35-37
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. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
- John 11:47-52
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. …
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Context
- Mark 15:30
Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
- Mark 15:31
Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
- Mark 15:32
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Mark 15:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y de esta manera también los príncipes de los sacerdotes escarneciendo, decían unos á otros, con los escribas: A otros salvó, á sí mismo no se puede salvar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pareillement aussi les principaux sacrificateurs, se moquant entre eux avec les scribes, disaient: Il a sauvé les autres, il ne peut se sauver lui-même. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gleicherweise spotteten auch die Hohenpriester samt den Schriftgelehrten untereinander und sprachen: Andere hat er gerettet, sich selbst kann er nicht retten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Similiter et summi sacerdotes illudentes, ad alterutrum cum scribis dicebant: Alios salvos fecit; seipsum non potest salvum facere. |