18 Pilate wrote a sign and put it on the cross. He wrote, Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

19 Many of the Jews read this sign. The place where Jesus was nailed to a cross was near the city. The sign was written in the Jewish, Greek, and Latin languages.

20 Then the chief priests among the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, "The King of the Jews," but write, "This man said he is King of the Jews."