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Luke 23:38 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 38
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.Luke 23:38 · King James Version
Luke 23:38 in context
36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- superscriptionepigraphēan inscription, title, in the NT of an inscription in black letters upon a whitened…G1923 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- lettersgrammaa letter, any writing, a document or record, a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written…G1121 →
- HebrewhebraikosHebrewG1444 →
- Greekhellēnikosa GrecianG1673 →
- LatinrhōmaikosLatin = "of Rome's strength", the language spoken by the RomansG4513 →
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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,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 32-43