Mark 15:30

30 Come down from the cross, and save yourself!"

Mark 15:30 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:30

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 Matthew 27:39), (See Gill on Matthew 27:40).

Mark 15:30 In-Context

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29 Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, "What a joke! You were going to tear down God's temple and build it again in three days.

30 Come down from the cross, and save yourself!"

31 The chief priests and the scribes made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself.

32 Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.