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Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads^(u) and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,^(v)

come down from the cross and save yourself!"

In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him^(w) among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself!

Let this Messiah,^(x) this king of Israel,^(y) come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.