Matthew 27:40-44

40 and saying, 1"You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! 2If you are 3the Son of God, come down from the cross."
41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,
42 4"He saved others; 5he cannot save himself. 6He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43 7He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
44 8And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Matthew 26:61
  • 2. Matthew 4:3, 6
  • 3. ver. 43; Matthew 26:63; See Matthew 14:33
  • 4. [Luke 4:23]
  • 5. [Matthew 26:53, 54; John 10:18]
  • 6. John 1:49; John 12:13; [ver. 37]
  • 7. Cited from Psalms 22:8
  • 8. [Luke 23:39-43]
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