People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: “Aha! You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days!
When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.
They persecute those whom you have punished; they talk about the sufferings of those you have wounded.
It is for your sake that I have been insulted and that I am covered with shame.
“Look at me!” she cries to everyone who passes by. “No one has ever had pain like mine, Pain that the Lord brought on me in the time of his anger.
People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”
and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to tear down God's Temple and three days later build it back up.’”
“We heard him say, ‘I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.’”
Now come down from the cross and save yourself!”