saying, Where is the king of the Jews that hath been born? for we saw his star in the East, and came to do him homage.

And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor questioned him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said, I am.

And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!

And they set up over 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 taught. And this story hath been commonly reported among the Jews to this day.

(for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding fast the tradition of the elders;

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering saith to him, I am.

And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release to you the king of the Jews?

And Pilate answering again said to them, What then would ye have me do with him whom ye call the king of the Jews?

And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews!

And on the cross the inscription of the charge against him was written: "The king of the Jews."

And having heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, and besought him to come and save his servant.

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering said to him, I am.

and saying, If thou art the king of the Jews, save thyself.

There was also an inscription over him: "This is the king of the Jews."

And lo! a man named Joseph, of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, being a councilor, and a good and righteous man,

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?

Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, in conformity with the Jews custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

And the passover of the Jews was near; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign dost thou show us, seeing thou doest these things?

Then said the Jews, Fortysix years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

The Samaritan woman saith to him, How is it that thou, who art a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

After these things there was the feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; and it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed.

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

And on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.

And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven;

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?

No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

The Jews said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he will never taste of death.

The Jews therefore said to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.

Then came the Jews around him, and said to him, How long dost thou hold our minds in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

The Jews again took up stones to stone him.

The Jews answered him, Not for a good work do we stone thee, but for blasphemy, and because thou, who art a man, makest thyself God.

The disciples say to him, Rabbi, the Jews but just now were seeking to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

The Jews then who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Jesus therefore when he saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, was greatly moved in his spirit, and much troubled,

The Jews therefore said, See, how he loved him!

Many of the Jews therefore who had come to Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him.

Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed thence to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there abode with the disciples.

And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

The great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there; and they came, not only on account of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

because on his account many of the Jews were going away, and believing in Jesus.

My children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come, so now I say to you.

So the band and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him,

And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

Jesus answered him, I have spoken plainly to the world; I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble, and in secret I spoke nothing.

Pilate therefore said to them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.

Pilate therefore went into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I should not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Pilate saith to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find nothing criminal in him.

But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: do ye desire, therefore, that I release to you the king of the Jews?

and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and they gave him blows on the face.

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

From this time Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not a friend of Caesar. Every one that maketh himself a king, setteth himself against Caesar.

Now it was the preparation of the passover. It was about the sixth hour. And he saith to the Jews, Behold your king!

And Pilate wrote an inscription also, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

This inscription therefore was read by many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Write not, The king of the Jews; but that he said, I am king of the Jews.

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath, for that sabbath was a great day, besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

And after this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but concealing it for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. They came therefore and took him away.

Then they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews in preparing for burial.

There then, on account of the Jews preparationday, they laid Jesus; for the tomb was at hand.

When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors where the disciples were had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you!

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and Romans who sojourn here, both Jews and Proselytes,

But Saul gained still more strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

But after many days had passed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew by hanging him on a cross.

Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose on account of Stephen traveled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews.

And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also; (then were the days of unleavened bread;)

And when Peter had come to himself, he said, Now I know certainly, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.

And when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and proselyte worshippers followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with indignation, and spoke against what was spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

But the Jews stirred up the women of rank who worshipped God, and the chief men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them from their borders.

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and Greeks believed.

But the Jews that disbelieved stirred up and embittered the minds of the gentiles against the brethren.

But the multitude of the city was divided; and some held with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

And when a movement was made both of the gentiles, and the Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; who, having persuaded the multitudes, and stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

and having brought them before the magistrates, said, These men are grievously disturbing our city, being Jews;