Luke 23:39
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
κακοῦργος
kakoûrgos
a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
βλασφημέω
blasphēméō
to vilify; specially, to speak impiously
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →Cross References
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
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.
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
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