³⁹ Those people who passed by jeered at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, “You who claimed you could destroy the temple and rebuild it within three days, save yourself! If you truly are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

⁴¹ In much the same way, the chief priests, together with the scribes and the elders, joined in the mockery, saying,