Matthew 27:40

World English Bible (2000)

and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

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  • Matt 26:61 : 61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
  • Matt 4:3 : 3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
  • Matt 4:6 : 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
  • John 2:19-22 : 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
  • Matt 26:63-64 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." 64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
  • Matt 27:42 : 42 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
  • Luke 14:29-30 : 29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, 30 saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
  • Gen 37:19-20 : 19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes. 20 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

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    27With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

    28The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."

    29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

    30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

    31Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.

    32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

  • Luke 23:34-40
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    34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

    35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

    36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

    37and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

    38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

    39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

    40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?

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

    42"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

    43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

    44The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

  • Matt 27:36-39
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    36and they sat and watched him there.

    37They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

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

    39Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

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    61and said, "This man 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 him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."

  • Luke 4:9
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    9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

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

    20The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?"

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

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    46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

    47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."

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    7Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

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    31When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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    34At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

    35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

    36One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

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    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

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    19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."

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    25It was the third hour, and they crucified him.

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

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    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

  • Luke 24:7
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    34They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."

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    4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

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    29When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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    20When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

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    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.