⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

³⁵ The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.^(A) They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”^(B)

⁵² Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard,^(A) and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?

³² He will be delivered over to the Gentiles.^(A) They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;

³¹ In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him^(A) among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! ³² Let this Messiah,^(B) this king of Israel,^(C) come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

⁸ In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested^(A) me, and I grew weary of them