Then a person with an infectious skin disease came to Jesus and, kneeling down before Him, begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the term "heal/healing" is originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews would not eat anything unless they first scrubbed their hands [i.e., up to the wrists] in accordance with the [long-established] tradition of the Jewish elders).

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote you this commandment [only] because of the rebellious spirit of you [Jews].

Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You have said so."

Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews [i.e., Jesus]?"

[So], Pilate again asked them, "Then what shall I do to this one you call the king of the Jews?"

Then they began "greeting" Him with "Hey, king of the Jews "

The inscription, stating the charge against Him, was attached above His head [i.e., to the upright portion of the cross]. It read, "The king of the Jews."