“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

Jesus before Pilate

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews and is to this day.

(For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the tradition of the elders;

Pilate questioned Him: “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.”

Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

And responding again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

and they began saluting Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Now Pilate asked Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”

and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

Now there was also an inscription above Him, “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

(he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God—

The Testimony of John the Baptist

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”

The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?”

The New Birth

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification.

So the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”