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

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

“Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar – not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

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 Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

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?”