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Mat_27:40 Ἔλεγον δὲ τὰ τοιαῦτα κωμῳδοῦντες ὡς ψεύστην , Euthymius Zigabenus. We should not fail to notice the parallelism in both the clauses (in opposition to Fritzsche, who puts a comma merely after σεαυτόν , and supposes that in both instances the imperative is conditioned by εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ ), ὁ καταλύων , κ . τ . λ . being parallel to εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τ . θ ., and σῶσον σεαυτόν to κατάβηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ σταυροῦ .
ὁ καταλύων , κ . τ . λ .] is an allusion to Mat_26:61. For the use of the present participle in a characterizing sense (the destroyer, etc.), comp. Mat_23:37. The allegation of the witnesses, Mat_26:61, had come to be a matter of public talk, which is scarcely to be wondered at considering the extraordinary nature of it.
Observe, moreover, that here the emphasis is on υἱός (comp. Mat_4:3), while in Mat_27:43 it is on θεοῦ .