Railed (eblasphēmei). Imperfect active, implying that he kept it up. His question formally calls for an affirmative answer (ouchi), but the ridicule is in his own answer: “Save thyself and us.” It was on a level with an effort to break prison. Luke alone gives this incident (Luk 23:39), though Mar 15:32; Mat 27:44 allude to it.