Luke 23:35

35. The σὺν αὐτοῖς of Rec[392] is omitted by אBCDL.

[392] Rec. The Textus Receptus.

35. θεωρῶν. 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.

[σὺν αὐτοῖς.] These words are omitted in אBCDL, &c.

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

ἄλλους ἔσωσεν. They said this in the same spirit as the Nazarenes, Luke 4:23.

εἰ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ ἐκλεκτός. Literally, “if this man (contemptuously) is 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.