John 19:21

World English Bible (2000)

The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

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  • John 19:14 : 14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
  • John 19:19 : 19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

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  • John 19:19-20
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    19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

    20Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

  • John 19:22
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    22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

  • Mark 15:26
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    26The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."

  • Mark 15:2-3
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    2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

    3The chief priests accused him of many things.

  • Luke 23:37-38
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    37and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

    38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

  • Luke 23:2-4
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    2They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

    3Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

    4Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

  • John 18:31-39
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    31Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

    32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

    33Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

    34Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

    36Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

    37Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

    38Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

    39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Matt 27:37
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    37They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

  • Mark 15:11-13
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    11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

  • John 19:12-15
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    12At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

    13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

    14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

    15They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

  • John 19:5-10
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    5Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"

    6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

    7The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

    8When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.

    9He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

  • Matt 27:11
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    11Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

  • Mark 15:9
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    9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • John 19:1-3
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    1So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.

    2The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

    3They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.

  • Mark 15:18
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    18They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

  • Matt 27:41
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    41Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

  • Matt 27:20
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    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  • Luke 23:21
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    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

  • Matt 27:29
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    29They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

  • John 18:21
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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."

  • Matt 27:17
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    17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • John 18:29
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    29Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"