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and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."
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And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying
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"Are *you* the King of the Jews? Save yourself, then!"
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There was moreover a writing over His head: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS
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Now one of the criminals who had been crucified insulted Him, saying, "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us."
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But the other, answering, reproved him. "Do you also not fear God," he said, "when you are actually suffering the same punishment?
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And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving due requital for what we have done. But He has done nothing amiss."
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And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your Kingdom."
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"I tell you in solemn truth," replied Jesus, "that this very day you shall be with me in Paradise."
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It was now about noon, and a darkness came over the whole country till three o'clock in the afternoon.
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The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn down the middle,