Mark 15:29
27 Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
30 come down from the cross and save Yourself!”
31 In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- KJV
- And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
- WEB
- Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
- ASV
- And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
- DARBY
- And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,
- BLB
- And those passing by were railing at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! The One demolishing the temple and building [it] in three days,
- ÅB
- Og de som gikk forbi, spottet ham, og ristet på hodet og sa: Tvi deg, du som bryter ned templet og bygger det opp igjen på tre dager!
- OTB
- De som gikk forbi, hånte Ham, ristet på hodet og sa: «Ah! Du som ville rive ned tempelet og bygge det opp igjen på tre dager,
- B1930
- Og de som gikk forbi, spottet ham, og rystet på hodet og sa: Tvi dig, du som bryter ned templet og bygger det op igjen på tre dager!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 14:58
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
Read in contextPsalms 109:25
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Read in contextLamentations 1:12
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
Read in contextJohn 2:18–22
On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
Read in contextLamentations 2:15
All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
Read in contextPsalms 69:26
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Read in contextPsalms 69:19–20
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
Read in contextMatthew 27:39–40
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
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