(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;

Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He *answered him, “It is as you say.”

Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

and they began to acclaim Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”