35 And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the ^vChrist of God, his ^wChosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^xoffering him ^ysour wine 37 and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, ^zsave yourself!” 38 There was also an inscription over him,¹ “This is the King of the Jews.”