Matthew 27:42

“To this end are those speeches, “Let Him come down from the cross, if He be the Son of God;” and again, “He saved others, Himself He cannot save.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42.

“He saved others, Himself He cannot save.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42; Luke xxiii. 35.

“Just as the Jews saw Christ hanging on the Cross and despised Him, saying, “If this Man were the Son of God, He would come down from the Cross:” not seeing what death is.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 40, 42.

“For that very same One of whom hath been said, “Others He saved, Himself He cannot save,” is the “God of our healths,” and is the “God of saving men:” but for an example of humility and of patience, and to efface the handwriting of our sins, He even…” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42.

“He trusted in God; let Him deliver him now, if He will: for he said, I am the Son of God.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 41–43.

“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50

“He saved others, Himself He cannot save.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 40, 42.

“Hence it was, that they believed that He could be overcome, and that they derided Him as He hung upon the Tree, saying, “If He be the Son of God, let Him come down from the Cross, and we will believe on Him.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42.

“…nor reproach Him with such reproaches as they did, “He saved others, himself he cannot save”; and, “If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross” ( Matt. xxvii. 42, 40 ); yet the very reason of His not coming down was, that He was the Son of God.” — the author cites it

“He saved others, Himself He cannot save,”aiming hereby to bring discredit even on His former miracles.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42.

“And they indeed said, “If He be the King of Israel, let Him come down now from the cross,”but He shows that He is King of all the world.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 42.

“And therefore the devil seeing this, and trembling, tried in every way to arrive at the knowledge of His Godhead, even at the very death of the manhood, saying in the person of those who crucified Him: “If He be the Son of God, let Him come down now from the Cross, and we will believe Him.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxvii. 42.

“For how could His driving out the diseases of others have been believed in if His own temple fell sick in Him?” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxvii. 42.

“If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we believe Him.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxvii. 42.

“If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we believe Him.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxvii. 42.

Having stripped and crucified Christ, they go yet further, and seeing Him on the cross revile Him.

“They revile him” because they passed by that way, and would not walk in the true way of the Scriptures. “They wagged their heads,” because they had just before shifted their feet, and stood not upon a rock. The…

“Aha!” is an interjection of taunt and mockery.

What forgiveness then for them, when by the resurrection of His body they shall see the temple of God rebuilt within three days?

And as beginning to extenuate His former miracles, they add, “Save thyself; if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

He, on the contrary, does not come down from the cross, because He is the Son of God; for He therefore came that He might be crucified for us.

Even the Scribes and Pharisees reluctantly confess that “He saved others.” Your own judgment then condemns you, for in that He saved others, He could if He would have saved Himself.

[ed. note, d: Hom. de Cruce et Latr. in the Latin Chrys. (ed. Paris. 1588.) vol. iii. p. 750] But attend to this speech of these children of the Devil, how they imitate their father’s speech. The Devil said, “If thou…

From what source of error, O Jews, have ye sucked in the poison of such blasphemies? What teacher delivered it to you? What learning moved you to think that the true King of Israel, that the veritable Son of God,…

Had He then been prevailed on by their taunts to leave the cross, He would not have proved to us the power of endurance; but He waited enduring their mockery; and He who would not come down from the cross, rose again…

But unworthy of credit is that promise, “And we will believe him.” For which is greater, to come down while yet alive from the cross, or to rise from the tomb when dead? Yet this He did, and ye believed not;…

“He trusted in God, let him now deliver him, if he will.” O most foul! Were they therefore not Prophets or righteous men, because God did not deliver them out of their perils? But if He would not oppose their glory,…

It may seem that Luke contradicts this, when be describes one of the robbers as reviling Him, and as therefore rebuked by the other. But we may suppose that Matthew, shortly alluding to the circumstance, has used the…

Or it may be said that at first both reviled Him; but when the sun had withdrawn, the earth was shaken, the rocks were rent, and the darkness increased, one believed on Jesus, and repaired his former denial by a…

At first both reviled Him, but afterwards not so. For that you should not suppose that the thing was arranged by any collusion, and that the thief was not a thief, he shews you by his wanton reproaches, that even…

That both the thieves cast in His teeth the manner of His Passion, shews that the cross should be an offence to all mankind, even to the faithful.

Or, in the two thieves both nations, Jews and Gentiles, at first blasphemed the Lord; afterwards the latter terrified by the multitude of signs did penitence, and thus rebukes the Jews, who blaspheme to this day.

The thief who was saved may be a sign of those who after many sins have believed on Christ.

Matthew 27:42 and Mark 15:30 share the same wording (5 words).

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.16.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §21.

Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §21.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Leo the Great on Matthew 27:39–44 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 55.

Cited together in Leo the Great on Matthew 27:39–44 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Sermons Sermon 68.