Matthew 27:39

Contemporary English Version

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads

King James Version (1611)
And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,

King James Version
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

English Standard Version
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads

New American Standard Bible
And those passing by were speaking abusively to Him, shaking their heads,

New Century Version
People walked by and insulted Jesus and shook their heads,

Amplified Bible
Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

Legacy Standard Bible
And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads

Berean Standard Bible
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Complete Jewish Bible
People passing by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads

Darby Translation
But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads

Easy-to-Read Version
People walked by and shouted insults at Jesus. They shook their heads

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they yt passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heades,

George Lamsa Translation
And those who passed by blasphemed against him, nodding their heads,

Good News Translation
People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus:

Lexham English Bible
And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads

Literal Translation
But those passing by, blasphemed Him, shaking their heads,

American Standard Version
And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

Bible in Basic English
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

Hebrew Names Version
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

International Standard Version
Those who passed by kept insultingblaspheming">[fn] him, shaking their heads,Psalm 22:7; 109:25; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:35;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But they who passed by railed against him, moving their heads,

Murdock Translation
And they that passed by reviled him, and shook their heads

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They that passed by, reuyled hym, waggyng their heades,

English Revised Version
And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

World English Bible
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they that were passing by reviled him, wagging their heads and saying,

Weymouth's New Testament
And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And men that passiden forth blasfemeden hym,

Update Bible Version
And those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they that passed by, reviled him, wagging their heads,

New English Translation
Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

New King James Version
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads

New Living Translation
The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.

New Life Bible
Those who walked by shook their heads and laughed at Him.

New Revised Standard
Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they who were passing by, were reviling him, shaking their heads,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

Revised Standard Version
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They that passed by revyled him waggynge ther heeddes

Young's Literal Translation
and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They that wente by, reuyled him, and wagged their heades

Mace New Testament (1729)
the passengers all the while reviling him, shook their heads at him,

Simplified Cowboy Version
A bunch of no-accounts rode by and cussed Jesus

Contextual Overview

³³ They came to a place named Golgotha, which means "Place of a Skull." ³⁴ There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it. ³⁵ The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. ³⁶ Then they sat down to guard him. ³⁷ Above his head they put a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." ³⁸ The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left. ³⁹ People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and ⁴⁰ shouted, "So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days! If you are God's Son, save yourself and come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ The chief priests, the leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said, ⁴² "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the king of Israel, he should come down from the cross! Then we will believe him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

reviled: Psalms 22:6, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 22:17, Psalms 31:11-13, Psalms 35:15-21, Psalms 69:7-12, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 109:2, Psalms 109:25, Lamentations 1:12, Lamentations 2:15-17, Mark 15:29, Mark 15:30, Luke 23:35-39, 1 Peter 2:22-24

Reciprocal: Judges 16:25 - sport 2 Samuel 22:19 - prevented 2 Kings 19:21 - shaken her head Job 16:4 - shake mine Job 17:2 - mockers Job 30:11 - let loose Job 30:24 - they cry Psalms 18:4 - floods Psalms 88:17 - They Proverbs 18:3 - General Proverbs 29:8 - Scornful Isaiah 28:22 - be ye Isaiah 37:22 - shaken Isaiah 53:3 - despised Isaiah 57:4 - sport Jeremiah 18:16 - shall be Lamentations 3:14 - General Ezekiel 36:3 - and are Zephaniah 2:15 - every Matthew 5:11 - when Matthew 9:24 - And Matthew 26:68 - Prophesy Luke 22:63 - mocked John 9:28 - they John 16:20 - but the Hebrews 13:13 - General 1 Peter 2:23 - when he was

Cross-References

Genesis 27:6
she said to Jacob, "I heard your father tell Esau

Genesis 27:8
Now, my son, listen carefully to what I want you to do.

Genesis 27:28
God will bless you, my son, with dew from heaven and with fertile fields, rich with grain and grapes.

Joshua 24:4
Then I gave Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau. I had Esau live in the hill country of Mount Seir, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went to live in Egypt.

Hebrews 11:20
Isaac had faith, and he promised blessings to Jacob and Esau.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they that passed by,.... In the road to or from Jerusalem; for, it seems, the crosses were placed by the wayside; or they who passed by the cross, the populace that came from Jerusalem, on purpose to see the sight,

reviled him, or "blasphemed him": they spoke all manner of evil of him, they could think of, to which he answered not a word; and which may teach us patience under the revilings of men: this was foretold of him, Psalms 89:51, "they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed", or "Messiah"; and which Jarchi explains by סופי, "the ends of the king Messiah"; his last times, towards the close of his days; and cites that passage in the Misna z,

"in the heels, or, as Buxtorf renders it, in the end of the days of the Messiah impudence shall be multiplied,''

as it now was exceedingly:

wagging their heads; in derision of him, and as exulting in his misery; see Isaiah 37:22. This also was prophesied of him in

Psalms 22:7.

z Sota, c. 9. sect. 15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wagging their heads - In token of derision and insult. See Job 16:4; Psalms 109:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 39. Wagging their heads — In token of contempt.