The Crucifixion

Luke 23:35

In 9 translations

BSB: The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”See Psalms 22:7.
KJV: 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.
WEB: The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
ASV: And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.
LSV: And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers were also sneering with them, saying, “He saved others, let Him save Himself, if this be the Christ, the Chosen One of God.”
YLT: And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, 'Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'
DBY: And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.Elohim
DRC: And the people stood beholding, and the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God.
GNV: And the people stoode, and behelde: and the rulers mocked him with them, saying, He saued others: let him saue himselfe, if hee be that Christ, the Chosen of God.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)

Spelling of εἱστήκει: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: ἱστήκει.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include σὺν αὐτοῖς (“with them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include ὁ (“the”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἄρχοντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἄρχοντες; Robinson–Pierpont add σὺν αὐτοῖς.
SBLGNT: τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: καὶ εἱστήκει ὁ λαὸς θεωρῶν. ἐξεμυκτήριζον δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες λέγοντες· Ἄλλους ἔσωσεν, σωσάτω ἑαυτόν, εἰ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ ἐκλεκτός.
RP2018: Καὶ εἱστήκει ὁ λαὸς θεωρῶν. Ἐξεμυκτήριζον δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες σὺν αὐτοῖς, λέγοντες, Ἄλλους ἔσωσεν, σωσάτω ἑαυτόν, εἰ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός, ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκλεκτός.
TR-Boyd: Καὶ εἱστήκει ὁ λαὸς θεωρῶν. Ἐξεμυκτήριζον δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες σὺν αὐτοῖς, λέγοντες, Ἄλλους ἔσωσε, σωσάτω ἑαυτόν, εἰ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός, ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκλεκτός.
SCR1894: και ειστηκει ο λαος θεωρων εξεμυκτηριζον δε και οι αρχοντες συν αυτοις λεγοντες αλλους εσωσεν σωσατω εαυτον ει ουτος εστιν ο χριστος ο του θεου εκλεκτος

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👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ◆ Holy Week◆ Crucifixion and Burial

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Malefactors (Criminals)Elect Pilate, Pontius Humiliation of Christ Scorning and Mocking Scoffing Choose; Chosen Prisoners Prayer Death

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Cross-references most cited first

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1 Peter 2:4As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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Matthew 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
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Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who…

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