Matthew 27:40
You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
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39And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
Cross References
Matthew 4:3And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
Matthew 16:4An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
Matthew 26:63But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew 27:54Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
Luke 16:31And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
Revelation 11:10And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →