Matthew 27:43

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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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BSBPD

“He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said--Son of God I am;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 27:43 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 3:2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
  2. Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
  3. Psalms 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
  4. Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  5. Psalms 71:11saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
  6. Isaiah 36:15Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
  7. Isaiah 36:18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
  8. Isaiah 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  9. Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
  10. John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  11. John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
  12. John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  13. John 10:36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
  14. John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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