“"So also [as others were passing along and blaspheming him] the chief priests and the scribes" were passing along. Thwarted by his power and authority, they said to him, "He saved others; he cannot save himself." In other words, they did not believe that he who was able to save others was much more able to save himsel…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 132
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42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
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40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
— Matthew 27:42 —
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.