And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
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