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Mat 27:40 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

saying		Gen 37:19,20; Rev 11:10
that destroyest		Mat 26:61; Luk 14:29,30; Jhn 2:19-22
If		Mat 27:54; Mat 4:3,6; Mat 26:63,64
come		Mat 16:4; Luk 16:31

Correlating Passages

saying

	Gen 37:19	And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
	Gen 37:20	Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
	Rev 11:10	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.

that destroyest

	Mat 26:61	And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
	Luk 14:29	Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,
	Luk 14:30	Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
	Jhn 2:19	Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
	Jhn 2:20	Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
	Jhn 2:21	But he spake of the temple of his body.
	Jhn 2:22	When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

	Mat 27:54	Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
	Mat 4:3	And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
	Mat 4:6	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.
	Mat 26:63	But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
	Mat 26:64	Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

come

	Mat 16:4	A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
	Luk 16:31	And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 27:40," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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