John 19:20

¹⁸ There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

¹⁹ Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Many 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.

²¹ So 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.’”

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Many 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.
KJV: This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
WEB: 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.
ASV: This title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, [and] in Latin, [and] in Greek.
DARBY: This title therefore many of the Jews read, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was near; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: Denne innskrift leste da mange av jødene; for det sted hvor Jesus ble korsfestet, var nær ved byen, og den var skrevet på hebraisk, latin og gresk.
OTB: Mange jøder leste denne innskriften, for stedet hvor Jesus ble korsfestet var nær byen, og det var skrevet på hebraisk, latin og gresk.
B1930: Denne innskrift leste da mange av jødene; for det sted hvor Jesus blev korsfestet, var nær ved byen, og den var skrevet på hebraisk, latin og gresk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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