24 “Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.

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24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(A)
    when he cries for help in his distress.(B)

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39 And (A)those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, (B)“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! (C)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the [a]scribes and elders, said, 42 “He (D)saved others; Himself He cannot save. [b]If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe [c]Him. 43 (E)He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

44 (F)Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:41 M scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders
  2. Matthew 27:42 NU omits If
  3. Matthew 27:42 NU, M in Him

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads(A) 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,(B) save yourself!(C) Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”(D) 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!(E) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(F) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(G) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

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25 Do not let them think, “Aha,(A) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”(B)

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“If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:7 violence

“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(A)
    though I call for help,(B) there is no justice.(C)

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31 “Thus let all Your enemies (A)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be (B)like the (C)sun
When it comes out in full (D)strength.”

So the land had rest for forty years.

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31 “So may all your enemies perish,(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”(C)

Then the land had peace(D) forty years.

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