Mark - 15:31

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31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 15:31.

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Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
In like manner also the chief priests mocking, said with the scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save.
In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Likewise also the chief priests mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others, himself he cannot save.
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.
In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!
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.
And similarly the leaders of the priests, mocking him with the scribes, said to one another: "He saved others. He is not able to save himself.
In the same way the chief priests, with the teachers of the Law, said to one another in mockery,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Likewise also the chief priests mocking,.... Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained their point, and satiated their revenge on him:
said among themselves with the Scribes; who were likewise his implacable enemies;
he saved others, himself he cannot save; See Gill on Matthew 27:41, Matthew 27:42.

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