Matthew 27:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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  • Mark 15:26 : 26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  • Luke 23:38 : 38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  • John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek. 21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews. 22 But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed.

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    25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.

    26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.

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    29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

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    37 And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

    38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    39 And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

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    14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

    15 Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.

    16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

    17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

    18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

    19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

    21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

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    28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.

    29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

    30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.

    31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.

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    38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.

    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

    40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

    42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

    43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

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    35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

    36 And they were seated there watching him.

  • 11 And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

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    17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

    18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!

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    22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

    23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

  • 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

    3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

  • 2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

  • John 19:2-3
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    2 And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

    3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.

  • 33 Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

  • 33 And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

  • 33 And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

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    12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

    13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!

  • 35 And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

  • 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

  • 39 But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

  • 2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

  • 17 So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?