Matthew 27:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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  • Matt 26:61 : 61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.
  • Matt 4:3 : 3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
  • Matt 4:6 : 6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
  • John 2:19-22 : 19 And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days. 20 The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days! 21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body. 22 So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.
  • Matt 26:63-64 : 63 But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
  • Matt 27:42 : 42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
  • Luke 14:29-30 : 29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him, 30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer. 20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

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  • Mark 15:27-32
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    27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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    29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

    30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

    31 In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.

    32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • Luke 23:34-40
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    34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

    35 And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

    36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

    37 And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

    38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    39 And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

    40 But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

  • Matt 27:41-44
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    41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

    42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

    43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

  • Matt 27:36-39
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    36 And they were seated there watching him.

    37 And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

  • Matt 26:61
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    61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

  • Matt 27:49
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    49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

  • Luke 4:9
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    9 And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

  • John 2:19-20
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    19 And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

    20 The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

  • Mark 14:58
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    58 He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

  • Matt 27:46-47
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    46 And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

    47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

  • Matt 4:6-7
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    6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

    7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

  • Matt 27:31
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    31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

  • Mark 15:34-36
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    34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?

    35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

    36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

  • Mark 15:13
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    13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

  • Mark 15:39
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    39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

  • Matt 20:19
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    19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

  • Mark 15:25
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    25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

    23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

  • Luke 23:21
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    21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

  • Luke 24:7
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    7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

  • Mark 10:34
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    34 And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

  • Acts 23:4
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    4 And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?

  • Acts 13:29
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    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • Mark 15:20
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    20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20 And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

  • Mark 15:2
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    2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20 Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.