Matthew 27:39-44

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads

40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 22:7; Psalms 109:25; Lamentations 2:15
• 2. Matthew 26:61; S John 2:19
• 3. ver 42
• 4. Matthew 4:3,6
• 5. John 1:49; John 12:13
• 6. S John 3:15
• 7. Psalms 22:8