Matthew 27:40 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴⁰ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And they said, You Who would tear down the sanctuary of the temple and rebuild it in three days, rescue Yourself from death. If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ and saying, “So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you? Save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ and saying: "Ah, so you would destroy the temple of God and in three days rebuild it! Save your own self. If you are the Son of God, descend from the cross."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Matthew 27:40 Cross References

Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."And leaving them behind He went away.

Matthew 26:61

and said, "This [Man] said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.' "

Matthew 27:41

Likewise the chief priests also, mocking [Him ]with the scribes and elders, and Pharisees, said,

Matthew 27:42

He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on Him.

Matthew 27:54

So when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were greatly afraid, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

Matthew 4:3

And approaching Him, the tempter said, "If You are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread."

Matthew 4:6

and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels orders concerning you,' and, 'In their hands they will lift you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "

Luke 16:31

But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded should one rise from the dead.' "

Revelation 11:10

And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry, and give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.