³⁷ Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.

¹⁹ Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,^(A) the king of the jews.^{(B) 20} Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(C) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. ²¹ The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”^(D)

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

³⁸ There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.^(A)

²⁶ The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.^(A)