John 19
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John 19:19-22

19Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

20Many 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.

21So 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.'"

22Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."

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