beholding The word implies that they gazed as at a solemn spectacle, Psalms 22:17; Zechariah 12:10. They seem as a body to have been far less active in insult than the others.

with them These words are omitted in א, B, C, D, L, &c.

derided The same strong word which is used in Luke 16:14; 1Es 1:51.

He saved others They said this in the same spirit as the Nazarenes, Luke 4:23.

if he be Christ, the chosen of God Literally, "if thisman (contemptuously) be the Christ of God, the chosen." For other insults see Matthew 27:40-43; Mark 15:29-32. Observe how the universal derision of what appeared to be such abject failure and humiliation enhances our estimate of the faith of the dying robber.

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