Matthew 27:40

The Passion Translation

saying, “We heard you boast that you could destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days! Why don’t you save yourself now? If you’re really God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

Cross References

Matthew 16:4

A wicked and wayward generation always asks for signs, but the only sign I provide for you will be the sign of Jonah the prophet.” Then he turned away and left them.

Matthew 26:61

and declared, “This man said, ‘I can destroy God’s temple and build it again in three days!’ ”

Matthew 27:41

Even the ruling priests, with the Jewish scholars and religious leaders, joined in the mockery

Matthew 27:42

and kept on saying, “He saved others, but he can’t even save himself! Israel’s king, is he? He should pull out the nails and come down from the cross right now; then we’ll believe in him!

Matthew 27:54

Now, when the Roman military officer and his soldiers witnessed what was happening and felt the powerful earthquake, they were extremely terrified. They said, “There is no doubt, this man was the Son of God!”

Matthew 4:3

Then the tempter came to him and said, “How can you possibly be the Son of God and go hungry? Just command these stones to be turned into loaves of bread.”

Matthew 4:6

and said to him, “If you’re really God’s Son, jump, and the angels will catch you. For it is written in the Scriptures: He will command his angels to protect you and they will lift you up so that you won’t even bruise your foot on a rock.”

Luke 16:31

“Abraham said to him, ‘If they wouldn’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither would they be convinced if someone were raised from the dead!’ ”

Revelation 11:10

The entire world will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange gifts, because these two prophets had condemned those who dwell on the earth.