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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. …
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-49)We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where our Lord Jesus was put to death. 1. They came to a place called Golgotha, near adjoining to Jerusalem, probably the common place of execution. If he had had a house of his own in Jerusalem, probably, for his greater disgrace, they would have crucified him before his own door. But now in the same place where criminals were sacrifice…
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