festivals and customs of the religion that was originally affiliated with Judaea. Besides, the difficult saying in 4:22 (ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν) can be explained as Jesus saying that salvation is rooted in the Judaean religion, which now finds its focus in him. Consequently, Jesus’ designation as ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (18:33, 39; 19:3, 19, 21) denotes (beyond the obvious ironic use) that Jesus, a non-Judaean, is the messianic king fulfilling the expectations of the Judaean