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After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,
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and sat down there on guard.
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Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.
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And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him
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and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."
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In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.
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"He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, `I am God's Son.'"
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Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him.
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Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;