³ And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

²⁹ And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

⁴⁹ And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.

²⁸ And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

²² When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?

³³ Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

¹⁹ And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰ The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

²¹ Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

²² But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed.