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The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
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The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar
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and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”
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There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.