Topic
King of the Jews
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 27:29ISBE
¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Matthew 27:37ISBE
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 15:26ISBE
And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
The title applied in mockery of Jesus, and put by Pilate on His cross (Mt 27:29,37 parallel Mr 15:26, etc.).
See JESUS CHRIST; KING, CHRIST AS.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.