Luke 23:39
New International Version
One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

New Living Translation
One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”

English Standard Version
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

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

Berean Literal Bible
And one of the criminals having been hanged was railing at Him, saying, "Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!"

King James Bible
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

New King James Version
Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”

New American Standard Bible
One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

NASB 1995
One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

NASB 1977
And one of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

Legacy Standard Bible
And one of the criminals hanging there was blaspheming Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

Amplified Bible
One of the criminals who had been hanged [on a cross beside Him] kept hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us [from death]!”

Christian Standard Bible
Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

American Standard Version
And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But one of those evildoers who were crucified with him was blaspheming him and he said, “If you are The Messiah, save yourself and save us also.”

Contemporary English Version
One of the criminals hanging there also insulted Jesus by saying, "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and save us!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

English Revised Version
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One of the criminals hanging there insulted Jesus by saying, "So you're really the Messiah, are you? Well, save yourself and us!"

Good News Translation
One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

International Standard Version
Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, "You are the Messiah, aren't you? Save yourself…and us!"

Literal Standard Version
And one of the evildoers who were hanged was slandering Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”

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

New American Bible
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.”

NET Bible
One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

New Revised Standard Version
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

New Heart English Bible
One of the criminals who hung there insulted him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

Webster's Bible Translation
And one of the malefactors, who were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou art Christ, save thyself and us.

Weymouth New Testament
Now one of the criminals who had been crucified insulted Him, saying, "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us."

World English Bible
One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”

Young's Literal Translation
And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

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Context
The Crucifixion
38Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!” 40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?…

Cross References
Matthew 27:44
In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

Mark 15:32
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!" And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.

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 23:37
"If You are the King of the Jews," they said, "save Yourself!"

Luke 23:40
But the other one rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?


Treasury of Scripture

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If you be Christ, save yourself and us.

Luke 17:34-36
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left…

Matthew 27:44
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

Mark 15:32
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














(39) And one of the malefactors.--The incident that follows is singularly characteristic of St. Luke. If we ask how he came to know what the other Gospels pass over, we may, I think, find his probable informants once more in the devout women who followed Jesus to the place of Crucifixion, and who stood near enough to the cross to hear what was then spoken. The word for "hanged" is used by St. Luke (Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39) and St. Paul (Galatians 3:13) as applied to crucifixion.

Railed on him.--Literally, was blaspheming, but in the sense in which that word signifies the "reviling" of which man, and not God, may be the object. He, too, catches up the taunt of the rulers and the soldiers.

Verses 39, 40. - And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God? In the first two synoptists we read how, shortly after they were nailed to their crosses, both thieves "reviled" Jesus. The Greek word, however, used by SS. Matthew and Mark is ὠνείδιζον (reproached). The word used by St, Luke in this place of the impenitent one is ἐβλασφήμει, "began to use injurious and insulting language" - a much stronger term. Farrar suggests that at first, during the early hours of the Crucifixion, in the madness of anguish and despair, they both probably joined in the reproaches levelled by all classes alike at One who might seem to them to have thrown away a great opportunity. They, no doubt, knew something, possibly much, of Jesus' career, and how he had deliberately prevented more than once the multitude from proclaiming him King. Watching him as he hung bravely patient on his cross, only breaking the dread silence with a low-muttered prayer for his murderers to his Father, one of these misguided men changed his opinion of his fellow-Sufferer, changed his opinion, too, of his own past career. There, dying with a prayer for others on his lips, was the Example of true heroism, of real patriotism. If thou be Christ. The more ancient authorities read, Art thou not the Christ? But the other. In the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus the names of the two are given as Dysmas and Gysmas, and these names appear still in Calvaries and stations in Roman Catholic lands. Seeing thou art in the same condemnation. His words might be paraphrased, "How canst thou, a dying man, join these mere lookers-on at our execution and agony? we are undergoing it ourselves. Dost thou net fear God? In a few hours we shall be before him. We have at all events deserved our doom; but not this Sufferer whom you revile. What has he done?"

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Greek
One
Εἷς (Heis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

criminals
κακούργων (kakourgōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2557: (lit: an evil-worker), a criminal. From kakos and the base of ergon; a wrong-doer, i.e. Criminal.

who hung [there]
κρεμασθέντων (kremasthentōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2910: To hang, hang up, suspend; mid: To be hanging, hang. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to hang.

heaped abuse on
ἐβλασφήμει (eblasphēmei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 987: From blasphemos; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously.

Him.
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Are You
σὺ (sy)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

not
Οὐχὶ (Ouchi)
IntPrtcl
Strong's 3780: By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ?”
Χριστός (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

he said.
λέγων (legōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Save
σῶσον (sōson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

Yourself
σεαυτὸν (seauton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4572: Of yourself.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

us!”
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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