Come down from the cross and save yourself — the taunt to save yourself by coming down from the cross is the Gethsemane temptation renewed. Save yourself: the Satan of Mark 8:33 (who opposed the cross) speaks through the taunting crowd. If Jesus came down from the cross, he would save himself but could not save others. The inability to save himself while saving others is not weakness but the mechanism of salvation.

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