MATTHEW 27:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,”
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads. The derision of the passersby — wagging their heads — fulfills Psalm 22:7 (all who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads). The entire crucifixion scene is narrated in the language of Psalm 22, the psalm of the righteous sufferer abandoned by God.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:39
Having stripped and crucified Christ, they go yet further, and seeing Him on the cross revile Him.
'They revile him' because they passed by that way, and would not walk in the true way of the Scriptures. 'They wagged their heads,' because they had just before shifted their feet, and stood not upon a rock. The foolish rabble cast the same taunt against Him that the false witnesses had invented, 'Aha! thou that destroyest the temple of God and rebuildest it in three days.'
'Aha!' is an interjection of taunt and mockery.
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