TSK · John 19:3

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”