35. The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders jeered at him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!”
36. The soldiers also mocked him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,
37. and said, “Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!”
38. Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39. One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: “Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”