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.’”

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,

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

(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.

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

They came up to him again and again and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.