In the film version of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Pontius Pilate, played brilliantly by Barry Dennen, fleers to the mob: “Behold the man! Behold your shattered king!” The mob sticks to its guns: “We have no king but Caesar.” Pilate rages: “You hypocrites–you hate us more than him!” The mob doubles down: “We have no king but Caesar. CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!”

“Ecce” is Latin for Behold. “Voilà” is French for Behold, in a way. And “Looky” is also a loose Behold, though “Looky here” is more common, at least the last time I lookied.

Behold the acrosticizations of variants of Behold.

Here are the texts of the two acrostic poems:

Be (Ecce) Hold

Battened hatches don’t preclude an interjective Oh

Barleycornish cornucopia may yes a no

Ectoplasmic outbursts of an undeveloped soul

Even as we speak convince some fools that Crap is Gold.

voilà/looky

volunteers camp out in sheol

outlined chalk in Orange day•glo

indicate the urge to stay–o

ladle up that special k

à la carte reveals a way