Mark 15:30

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

World English Bible · Public Domain

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σταυροῦ

staurós

G4716

“cross”

Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine

Appears 27× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 10:38

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from the base of G2476

TDNT: 16:32,1

1. an upright stake, esp. a pointed one 2. a cross a. a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves b. the crucifixion which Christ underwent

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

σταυροῦ cross G4716 occurs in 27 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Commentary

Notes on Mark 15:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Mar 15:30 . καταβὰς ( καὶ κατάβα , T.R.), etc., save Thyself, having descended , etc., or by descending = descend and so save Thyself.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(30) Save thyself.—The order of the clauses should be inverted, come down from the cross, and save Thyself.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And when the sixth hour was come,.... Or twelve o'clock at noon, having hung upon the cross from about the third hour, or nine in the morning:

there was darkness over the, whole land until the ninth hour; or three o'clock in the afternoon. The Ethiopic version renders the whole thus, "and when it was noon, the sun was darkened, and the whole world was darkened until the ninth hour"; See Gill on Mat 27:45.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

30. σῶσον σεαυτόν. These words are in all three. Lk. attributes them to the soldiers, who may have caught them from the passers by. They are the gibe of men who discredited Christ’s wonderful works. If it was really true that He could raise the dead, of course He could come down from the cross.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is staurós (“cross”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word staurós carries the sense “cross.” How does it shape the verse?
Matthew 10:38 shares the word «cross» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 3 words in this verse.
6 distinct Greek lemmas span 6 words in this verse.