saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."

So Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And Jesus said, "You say [so]."

and weaving a crown of thorns, they put [it] on his head, and [put] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

And they put above his head the charge against him {in writing}: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

So they took the money [and] did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.