and saying, ‘If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.’
‘Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;
he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said — Son of God I am;’
and the inscription of his accusation was written above — ‘The King of the Jews.’
And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, ‘If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.’