Luke 23:38

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Mark 15:26 : 26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
  • Matt 27:37 : 37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
  • Mark 15:32 : 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
  • Luke 23:3 : 3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
  • John 19:3 : 3 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.
  • John 19:19-22 : 19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS." 20 Therefore 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. 21 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.'" 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
  • Mark 15:18 : 18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
  • Matt 27:11 : 11 Now 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."

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  • Mark 15:25-30
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    25 It was the third hour, and they crucified him.

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

    27 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

    28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."

    29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

    30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

  • Matt 27:36-44
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    36 and they sat and watched him there.

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

    38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

    39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

    40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

    41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

    42 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

    43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

    44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

  • John 19:17-21
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    17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha,"

    18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.

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

    20 Therefore 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.

    21 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.'"

  • Luke 23:32-37
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    32 There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.

    33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

    34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

    35 The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

    36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

    37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

  • Luke 23:39
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    39 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

  • Mark 15:32
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    32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2 They 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."

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

  • Matt 27:29
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    29 They 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 19:14
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    14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

  • Mark 15:17-18
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    17 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

    18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

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

  • John 18:32-33
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    32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

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

  • Matt 27:11
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    11 Now 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."

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

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

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

  • John 18:39
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    39 But 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?"

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

  • John 19:2-3
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    2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

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

  • Luke 23:23
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    23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

  • Mark 15:12-13
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    12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

  • Mark 15:39
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    39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

  • Luke 23:47
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    47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."