John 19:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, `Write not -- The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;'

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  • John 19:14 : 14 and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'
  • John 19:19 : 19 And Pilate also wrote a title, and put `it' on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;'

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  • John 19:19-20
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    86%

    19And Pilate also wrote a title, and put `it' on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;'

    20this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

  • John 19:22
    83%

    22Pilate answered, `What I have written, I have written.'

  • Mark 15:26
    82%

    26and the inscription of his accusation was written above -- `The King of the Jews.'

  • Mark 15:2-3
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    2and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say `it'.'

    3And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, `but he answered nothing.'

  • Luke 23:37-38
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    37and saying, `If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.'

    38And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.'

  • Luke 23:2-4
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    2and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

    3And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say `it'.'

    4And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;'

  • John 18:31-39
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    31Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him -- ye -- and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;'

    32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

    33Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?'

    34Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

    35Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

    36Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

    37Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say `it'; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'

    38Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;

    39and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

  • Matt 27:37
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    37and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

  • Mark 15:11-13
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    11and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

    12And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye `that' I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?'

    13and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'

  • John 19:12-15
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    12From this `time' was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'

    13Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon the tribunal -- to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

    14and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'

    15and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'

  • John 19:5-10
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    5Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!'

    6When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'

    7the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

    8When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,

    9and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'

  • Matt 27:11
    79%

    11And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'

  • Mark 15:9
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    9and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

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

    23And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

  • John 19:1-3
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    1Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge `him',

    2and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place `it' on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,

    3and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.

  • Mark 15:18
    75%

    18and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'

  • Matt 27:41
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    41And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

  • Matt 27:20
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    20And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

  • Luke 23:21
    74%

    21but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'

  • Matt 27:29
    73%

    29and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put `it' on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.'

  • John 18:21
    72%

    21why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.'

  • Matt 27:17
    72%

    17they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

  • Luke 24:20
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    20how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;

  • John 18:29
    72%

    29Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'