saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”