John 19:21

New American Bible - revised edition

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

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It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!”

Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.”