Matthew 27:40

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And 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.

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  • Matt 26:61 : 61 And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  • Matt 4:3 : 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
  • Matt 4:6 : 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  • John 2:19-22 : 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.› 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
  • Matt 26:63-64 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, ‹Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.›
  • Matt 27:42 : 42 He 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.
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
  • Luke 14:29-30 : 29 ‹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish› [it], ‹all that behold› [it] ‹begin to mock him,› 30 ‹Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.›
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 ‹And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.›
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 ‹A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.› And he left them, and departed.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

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  • Mark 15:27-32
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    27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

    28And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

    29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days,

    30Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

    31Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

    32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

  • Luke 23:34-40
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    34Then said Jesus, ‹Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.› And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

    35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

    36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

    37And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

    38And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

    40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

  • Matt 27:41-44
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    41Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,

    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.

    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.

  • Matt 27:36-39
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    36And sitting down they watched him there;

    37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

    39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

  • Matt 26:61
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    61And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  • Matt 27:49
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    49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

  • Luke 4:9
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    9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

  • John 2:19-20
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    19Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.›

    20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

  • Mark 14:58
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    58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

  • Matt 27:46-47
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    46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‹Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?› that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

    47Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.

  • Matt 4:6-7
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    6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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  • Matt 27:31
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    31And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].

  • Mark 15:34-36
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    34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‹Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?› which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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    36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

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    13And they cried out again, Crucify him.

  • Mark 15:39
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    19‹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify› [him]: ‹and the third day he shall rise again.›

  • Mark 15:25
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    25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

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  • Luke 23:21
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    21But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him.

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  • Mark 10:34
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    4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

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  • Mark 15:20
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    20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

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    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.