Jesus is referred to as King of the Jews several times throughout Scripture. At the beginning of his earthy life the term is used by Magi from the East, and at the end of his earthly life, it is used again by Pontius Pilate. Of these non-Jews, the former used the term with honor, and the latter with disdain.

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Jesus was no Herod the Great under the Roman Empire.

Herod the Great governed Galilee before becoming king of Judaea, but he was also generous to Jews in the diaspora–as such: King of all Jews.

Was Pilate saying Jesus was no King Herod the Great. “I knew King Herod the Great and you, Jesus are no King Herod the Great.”

“I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”

(Pilate may have been a child before Herod the Great died.)