John 19:19-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁹ Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, “^(A)JESUS THE NAZARENE, ^(B)THE KING OF THE JEWS.” ²⁰ Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^(C)in ^[a]Hebrew, Latin and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘^(D)The King of the Jews’; but that He said, ‘I am ^(E)King of the Jews.’”