MATTHEW 27:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
And saying: you who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. The first taunt: the temple-rebuilding claim from the false witnesses at the Sanhedrin trial is now used as a taunt. The if you are the Son of God echoes Satan's temptation (Matthew 4:3, 6): if you are the Son of God, prove it by the spectacular, by the self-saving. The answer to the if-you-are challenge is not the coming down but the staying on.
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