(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "It is as you say."

But Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

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

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

And the inscription of the charge written against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.