Mark 15:31 Meaning and Explanation
“Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.”
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What Does Mark 15:31 Mean?
The religious leaders join the mockery, savoring their victory among themselves with the scribes. Their jibe concedes the miracles, he saved others, even as it draws the wrong conclusion from the cross: himself he cannot save.
They preach the gospel without knowing it. He cannot save himself, not for lack of power but because he will not abandon the saving of others; the two rescues were never both possible, and he chose ours. Their sneer turns out to be the most precise sentence spoken on the hill. The Savior's cannot is the measure of his love, and what the priests called helplessness, heaven was working as atonement, the saving of the many at the cost of the One.
Mark 15:31 in the Original Language
sozo (σῴζω), 'save' -- to rescue, deliver, make whole.
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What does Mark 15:31 mean?
The chief priests and scribes mock among themselves: he saved others; himself he cannot save.