40and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"


In Context

37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him:

38 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads

40 and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"

41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

42 "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Matthew 27:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:40And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:40And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:40and saying, |You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:40and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:40And saying, You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you be the Son of God, come down from the cross.