And a superscription also was written Containing the crime he was charged with, and accused of; (See Gill on Matthew 27:37); (See Gill on John 19:19); (See Gill on John 19:20).
36
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar
37
and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
38
There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews.
39
One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
40
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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