The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews.’ Write that this man said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
In context
19Pilate also had a notice written and posted on the cross. It read: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” 20Many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews.’ Write that this man said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’” 22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” 23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, one for each soldier. There was also the tunic; it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
