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Matthew 27:40

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 40 and saying: “You who would throw down the temple and build it in three days,+ save yourself! If you are a son of God, come down off the torture stake!”*+

Matthew 27:40

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 40 καὶ and λέγοντες saying Ὁ The (one) καταλύων loosing down τὸν the ναὸν divine habitation καὶ and ἐν in τρισὶν three ἡμέραις days οἰκοδομῶν, building, σῶσον save σεαυτόν· yourself; εἰ if υἱὸς son εἶ you are τοῦ of the θεοῦ, God, κατάβηθι come down ἀπὸ from τοῦ the σταυροῦ. stake.

Matthew 27:40

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 40 and saying: “O you would-be thrower-down of the temple+ and builder of it in three days, save yourself! If you are a son of God, come down off the torture stake!”+

Matthew 27:40

The Bible in Living English
- 40 * and saying “You that were tearing down the temple and building it up in three days, save yourself, if you are Son of God, and get down off the cross.”

Matthew 27:40

American Standard Version
- 40 and 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.

Matthew 27:40

The Emphasized Bible
- 40 and saying—The man that taketh down the shrine and in three days buildeth it! Save thyself! If thou art God’s Son come down from the cross.

Matthew 27:40

King James Version
- 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.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 27

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 27:40
  
  torture stake: Or “execution stake.”—See study note on Mt 27:32 and Glossary, “Stake”; “Torture stake.”