lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
and saying, ‘Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building [it], save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.’
‘For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?
saying — This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,