19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:


In Context

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

17 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

18 Here they crucified him, and with him two others--one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:

20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews."

John 19:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:19And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:19And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:19And Pilate wrote a title also and put it on the cross. But there was written: Jesus the Nazaraean, the King of the Jews.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:19And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:19And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.