⁹ Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

³⁶ Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and ^(A)of chains and imprisonment.

¹³ So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.”

And it was told him, saying, “Surely he is in ^(A)Dothan.”

¹⁴ Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

¹¹ But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles^(A)

¹² Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in ^(B)prayer to God.

³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and ^[a]believe.”

Even ^(A)those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

²⁹ And ^(A)those who passed by blasphemed Him, ^(B)wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! ^(C)You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,

⁴¹ Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the ^[a]scribes and elders, said, ⁴² “He ^(A)saved others; Himself He cannot save. ^[b]If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe ^[c]Him. ^43 (B)He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

^29 (A)When they had ^[a]twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

⁶⁸ saying, ^(A)“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”

^3 (A)For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.