Matthew:27:40

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rwp @Matthew:27:40 @{If thou art the Son of God } (\ei huios ei tou theou \). More exactly , "If thou art a son of God ," the very language of the devil to Jesus (Matthew:4:3 |) in the early temptations , now hurled at Jesus under the devil 's prompting as he hung upon the Cross . There is allusion , of course , to the claim of Jesus under oath before the Sanhedrin "the Son of God " (\ho huios tou theou \) and a repetition of the misrepresentation of his words about the temple of his body . It is a pitiful picture of human depravity and failure in the presence of Christ dying for sinners .

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