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Selected Verse: John 19:19 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 19:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] [2532] Pilate [4091] wrote [1125] a title [5102], and [2532] put [5087] it on [1909] the cross [4716]. And [1161] the writing [1125] was [2258], JESUS [2424] OF NAZARETH [3480] THE KING [935] OF THE JEWS [2453]. |
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King James |
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross . . . Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews . . . and it was written in Hebrew--or Syro-Chaldaic, the language of the country.
and Greek--the current language.
and Latin--the official language. These were the chief languages of the earth, and this secured that all spectators should be able to read it. Stung by this, the Jewish ecclesiastics entreat that it may be so altered as to express, not His real dignity, but His false claim to it. But Pilate thought he had yielded quite enough to them; and having intended expressly to spite and insult them by this title, for having got him to act against his own sense of justice, he peremptorily refused them. And thus, amidst the conflicting passions of men, was proclaimed, in the chief tongues of mankind, from the Cross itself and in circumstances which threw upon it a lurid yet grand light, the truth which drew the Magi to His manger, and will yet be owned by all the world! |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Title (τίτλον)
Only here and Joh 19:20, in the New Testament. John uses the technical Roman term titulus, a placard or notice. Used for a bill or notice of sale affixed to a house. Thus Ovid, of a heartless creditor: "She sent our household goods under the placard (sub-titulum);" i.e., put the house and furniture up for sale ("Remedia Amoris," 302). Meaning also the title of a book; an epitaph. Matthew has αἰτίαν, accusation; Mark, ἐπιγραφὴ τῆς αἰτίας superscription of the accusation; Luke, ἐπιγραφὴ superscription. John alone mentions the fact that Pilate wrote the inscription.
Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews
The wording of the title is differently given by each Evangelist.
Matthew: This is Jesus the King of the Jews.
Mark: The King of the Jews.
Luke: This is the King of the Jews.
John: Jesus the Nazarene the King of the Jews.
The essential element of the superscription, King of the Jews, is common to all. It expressed, on its face, the main intent of Pilate, which was to cast contempt on the Jews. "In the sense of the man Pilate, it meant: Jesus, the King of the Jewish fanatics, crucified in the midst of Jews, who should all be thus executed. In the sense of the Jews: Jesus, the seditionary, the King of the rebels. In the sense of the political judge: Jesus, for whose accusation the Jews, with their ambiguous accusation, may answer. In the sense of the divine irony which ruled over the expression: Jesus, the Messiah, by the crucifixion become in very truth the King of the people of God" (Lange). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews - Undoubtedly these were the very words, although the other evangelists do not express them at large. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Pilate wrote a title - See on Mat 27:37 (note). |
20 This [5126] title [5102] then [3767] read [314] many [4183] of the Jews [2453]: for [3754] the place [5117] where [3699] Jesus [2424] was crucified [4717] was [2258] nigh [1451] to the city [4172]: and [2532] it was [2258] written [1125] in Hebrew [1447], and Greek [1676], and Latin [4515].
37 And [2532] set up [2007] over [1883] his [846] head [2776] his [846] accusation [156] written [1125], THIS [3778] IS [2076] JESUS [2424] THE KING [935] OF THE JEWS [2453].