One of the criminals who was hanging there made fun of Jesus. “Aren’t you the Messiah?” he asked. “Save yourself and save us!”
The rebels who were being crucified with Jesus also insulted him in the same way.
Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down from the cross now! If we see that, then we’ll believe.” Those who were being crucified with Jesus also insulted him.
The people stood there watching. The rulers even mocked Jesus, saying, “He saved others, let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, then save yourself.”
But the other criminal corrected him. “Don’t you have any respect for God?” he asked. “Remember, you’re under the same death sentence.