4. Pilate told the high priests and the accompanying crowd, “I find nothing wrong here. He seems harmless enough to me.”
36-37. The soldiers also came up and poked fun at him, making a game of it. They toasted him with sour wine: “So you’re King of the Jews! Save yourself!”
38. Printed over him was a sign: this is the king of the jews.
39. One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: “Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!”
40-41. But the other one made him shut up: “Have you no fear of God? You’re getting the same as him. We deserve this, but not him—he did nothing to deserve this.”