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Luke 23:38
Luke 23:38 is verse 38 of Luke chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
BYZ and TR include written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; see John 19:20.
King James Version
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
World English Bible
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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Luke 23:36–40 · Berean Standard Bible
36 The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
37 “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
38 Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
40 But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
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Cross-references
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Luke 23:3So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Matthew 27:11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Matthew 27:37Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:18And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Mark 15:26And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.
John 19:3And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
John 19:19Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 19:20Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
John 19:21So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
John 19:22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”