John 19:21

The chief priests of the Jews then 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 of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"

Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, 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.

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "It is as you say."

One of the criminals who were hanged there hurled insults at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"