And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This Is The King Of The Jews.

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.