And saying, You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
If thou be the Son of God: Behold these children of Satan, how they imitate the language of their father. That wicked fiend, tempting our divine Saviour, exclaimed, "if thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: "and these his children say, "if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross: "but, on the other hand, Jesus will not descend from the hard wood of the cross, because he is the Son of God; for, being God, he descended on earth, took upon himself human nature, to die thus for those who crucified him. (St. John Chrysostom)
