There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest, Zacharias by name, of the course of Abija; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

"Or what king, going on to engage another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

But his citizens were hating him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, 'We do not wish this man to be king over us.'

But, these my enemies, who did not wish me to be king over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

saying, "Blessed is the King Who is coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, and glory in the highest!"

And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found This Man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ a King!"

And Pilate asked Him, saying, "Art Thou the King of the Jews?" And He, answering, said to him, "You say it."

and saying, "If Thou art the King of the Jews, save Thyself!"

And there was also an inscription over Him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS, THIS!"