{The Preparation of the passover} (paraskeu(8820)tou pascha).
That is, Friday of passover week, the preparation day before the
Sabbath of passover week (or feast). See also verses  31,42  Mr
15:42  Mt 27:62  Lu 23:54  for this same use of paraskeu(885c) for
Friday. It is the name for Friday today in Greece. {About the
sixth hour} (h(9373) hekt(885c)). Roman time, about 6 A.M. (a little
after 6 no doubt) when Pilate rendered his final decision. Mark
( Mr 15:25 ) notes that it was the third hour (Jewish time),
which is 9 A.M. Roman time, when the crucifixion began. Why
should John give Jewish time writing at the close of the first
century when Jerusalem and the Jewish state passed away in A.D.
70? He is writing for Greek and Roman readers. {Behold your king}
(Ide ho basileus hum(936e)). Ide is here an exclamation with no
effect on the case of asileus just as in  1:29 . The sarcasm
of Pilate is aimed at the Jews, not at Jesus.