39. People walked by and shouted insults at Jesus. They shook their heads
40. and said, “You said you could destroy the Temple and build it again in three days. So save yourself! Come down from that cross if you really are the Son of God!”
41. The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the older Jewish leaders were also there. They made fun of Jesus the same as the other people did.
42. They said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself! People say he is the king of Israel. If he is the king, he should come down now from the cross. Then we will believe in him.
43. He trusted God. So let God save him now, if God really wants him. He himself said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
44. And in the same way, the criminals on the crosses beside Jesus also insulted him.