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'King of the Jews' in the Bible

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "Yes."

and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to set the king of the Jews free for you?"

And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the king of the Jews?"

and they began to acclaim him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

But it is your custom to have me release one man for you at Passover time. Do you want me therefore to release the king of the Jews for you?"

Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The king of the Jews,' but write 'He said, I am the king of the Jews.' "