Matthew 27:39

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Matthew 27:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible

37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.

39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

41 In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

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All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

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I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

Psalms 31:11

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

Psalms 31:12

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

Psalms 31:13

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalms 35:15

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Psalms 35:16

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 35:17

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Psalms 35:18

Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

Psalms 35:19

Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalms 35:20

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

Psalms 35:21

They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

Psalms 69:7

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

Psalms 69:8

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

Psalms 69:9

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Psalms 69:10

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

Psalms 69:11

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Psalms 69:12

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Psalms 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

Psalms 109:2

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Psalms 109:25

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

Lamentations 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?

Lamentations 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?”

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 2:17

The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.

Mark 15:29

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Mark 15:30

come down from the cross and save Yourself!”

Luke 23:35

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.”

Luke 23:36

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

Luke 23:37

“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”

Luke 23:38

Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Luke 23:39

One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”

1 Peter 2:22

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1 Peter 2:23

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1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”