John 19:19
And Pilate wrote a title also: and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
18Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst.
Cross References
Matthew 27:37And they put over his head his cause written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 18:37And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
John 1:45Philip findeth Nathanael and saith to him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth.
John 18:33Pilate therefore went into the hall again and called Jesus and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?
John 19:12And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
John 19:21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not: The King of the Jews. But that he said: I am the King of the Jews.
Matthew Henry on John 19:17-19
Christ Condemned; The Crucifixion. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. We have here sentence of death passed upon our Lord Jesus, and execution done soon after. A mighty struggle Pilate had had within him between his convictions and his… Read the whole commentary →