Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’ ”
Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”