Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ¹ 

We are Jews by birth ¹  and not Gentile sinners, ² 

Then the chief priests of the Jews ¹  said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) ¹  to gain those under the law.

The same thing happened in Iconium ¹  when Paul and Barnabas ²  went into the Jewish synagogue ³  and spoke in such a way that a large group ⁴  of both Jews and Greeks believed.

They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹ 

The inscription ¹  of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”

and saying, “If ¹  you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

There was also an inscription ¹  over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

Now the Jewish feast of Passover ¹  was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² 

Now a certain man, a Pharisee ¹  named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council, ² 

Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew ¹  concerning ceremonial washing. ² 

After this ¹  there was a Jewish feast, ²  and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ³ 

Now because Jesus was doing these things ¹  on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders ²  began persecuting ³  him.

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles ¹  was near. ² 

However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders. ¹ 

Then the Jewish leaders ¹  were astonished ²  and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?” ³ 

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people ¹  because of these words.

The Jewish leaders ¹  picked up rocks again to stone him to death.