What Does Matthew 27:43 Mean?

“He trusted”

to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence

“in”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“God”

a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)

“let him deliver”

compare g4511); to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e., rescue

“now”

"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“if”

if, whether, that, etc

“he will have”

to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“he said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“for”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“God”

a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)

“I am”

i exist (used only when emphatic)

“the Son”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship