John 19:21

The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

Now it was the 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 stake. There it was written, 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.

Pilate questioned him: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus answered: You say so.

There was a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.