Matthew 27:43

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

He trusted in God; now let God deliver him, if He wants [to save him from dying], for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Cross References

John 10:36

how can you people say to Him, whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are speaking abusively [i.e., about God],’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? He is the One whom the Father set apart [i.e., for His service] and sent into the world.

John 19:7

The Jews replied, “We have a law which requires that he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

Matthew 27:40

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.”

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.”

Luke 23:35

People stood [around] watching [all this], while the leaders even sneered at Him, saying, “He saved other people; [now] let him save himself [i.e., from dying] if he [really] is the Christ, God’s specially chosen one.”

Luke 23:37

saying, “If you [really] are the King of the Jews, save yourself.”