38And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. …
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-43)In these verses we have, I. Divers passages which we had before in Matthew and Mark concerning Christ’s sufferings. 1. That there were two others, malefactors, led with him to the place of execution, who, it is probable, had been for some time under sentence of death, and were designed to be executed on this day, which was probably the pretence for making such haste in the prosecution of Christ, t…
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