John 19:21

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about six in the morning. Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!”

Pilate also had a sign lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:

JESUS THE NAZARENE

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

An inscription was above Him:

THIS IS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.