Matthew 27:40

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

saying, “You who [said you] would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself [from dying]; if you [really] are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Cross References

Matthew 26:61

and said, “This man [i.e., Jesus] said, ‘I can destroy the Temple of God, and [then] rebuild it within three days.’”

Matthew 4:6

and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God jump off, for it is written [Psalm 91:11-12]: ‘He will put His angels in charge of you’ and ‘They will lift you up with their hands so you do not trip over a stone.’”

Matthew 4:3

The tempter [i.e., the devil] came and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread.”

Revelation 11:10

And those people living on the earth will be glad over the death of them [i.e., the two witnesses. See verse 3], and they will celebrate by sending gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.

Luke 16:31

And Abraham replied, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded [even] if someone rises from the dead [i.e., to come back and warn them].’”

Matthew 27:54

Now when the military man in charge, and those with him who were watching Jesus, saw [and felt] the earthquake and the [other] things that happened, they became extremely fearful, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:42

“He saved other people, [but] he cannot [even] save himself [i.e., from dying]. He is ‘the king of Israel;’ let him now come down from the cross and then we will believe in him.

Matthew 16:4

“It is an evil and spiritually unfaithful generation of people [that keeps on] looking for a [supernatural] sign; but there will be no [such] sign given to it except the sign of Jonah [i.e., being in the huge fish for three days].” Then He left them and went away.

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the leading priests, experts in the Law of Moses and [Jewish] elders also mocked Him, saying,