“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 27:42 in context
Matthew 27:39–45
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Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads
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and 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!”
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“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
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He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
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