Mark 15:18

15:18 They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹ 

Mark 15:32

15:32 Let the Christ, ²  the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. ³ 

[15:18]  ¹ tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”

[15:32]  ² tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[15:32]  ³ sn Mark’s wording suggests that both of the criminals spoke abusively to him. If so, one of them quickly changed his attitude toward Jesus (see Luke 23:40-43).