Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”

The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”

and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.