“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

Jesus before Pilate

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Pilate questioned Him: “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.”

Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

And responding again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

and they began saluting Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Now Pilate asked Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”

and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

Now there was also an inscription above Him, “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

(he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God—

Therefore Pilate entered the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “You are the King of the Jews?”

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”

However, you have a custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover; therefore do you wish that I release for you the King of the Jews?”

and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped Him in the face again and again.

As a result of this, Pilate made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!”

Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Look, your King!”

Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’; rather, write that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”

And Festus *said, “King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

“Regarding all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,