Mark 15:18

and began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews!

He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

And Pilate asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering, said: You say it.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying: Aha! you that destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

The soldiers also derided him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

it was the preparation for the passover, and about the third hour; and he said to the Jews, Behold your king!

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And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And a superscription was also written over him in Greek and in Roman and in Hebrew letters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then he, therefore, delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

The soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest some of them should swim out and escape.