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Matthew 27:41-43

MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 27:41 chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him. The religious leaders do not address Jesus directly. They turn to one another as they mock him. let God deliver him. An allusion to Psalms 22:8.

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