He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- BSB He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- NKJV He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
- NASB He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
- NLT He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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Quick answer
They mock Jesus' trust in God, daring God to deliver Him as His Son. Their scorn echoes Psalm 22 almost word for word.
Overview
The leaders sneer at Jesus' confidence in God, challenging God to rescue His professed Son. Their taunt unwittingly quotes Psalm 22, marking Jesus as the very righteous sufferer that psalm describes. Far from disproving His sonship, the cross is the place where the faithful Son entrusts Himself to the Father even in forsakenness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 22:8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- John 10:36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
- Ps 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- Ps 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- John 19:7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
- John 3:16–17For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- Isa 37:10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- John 5:17–25But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- Ps 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- Matt 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- Ps 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
- Isa 36:15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- John 10:30I and my Father are one.
- Isa 36:18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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