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The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at him.m "He saved others," they said, "so if he really is the Messiah, the one chosen by God, let him save himself!"
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The soldiers too ridiculed him; they came up, offered him vinegar
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and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"
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And there was a notice over him which read, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEW
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One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him. "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
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But the other one spoke up and rebuked the first, saying, "Have you no fear of God? You're getting the same punishment as he is.
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Ours is only fair; we're getting what we deserve for what we did. But this man did nothing wrong."
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Then he said, "Yeshua, remember me when you come as King."
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Yeshua said to him, "Yes! I promise that you will be with me today in Gan-`Eden."
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It was now about noon, and darkness covered the whole Land until three o'clock in the afternoon;
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the sun did not shine. Also the parokhet in the Temple was split down the middle.