Luke 23:38

38 ¹There was also an inscription over him,^[a]"This is ²the King of the Jews.

Luke 23:38 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:38

And a superscription also was written
Containing the crime he was charged with, and accused of; (See Gill on Matthew 27:37); (See Gill on John 19:19); (See Gill on John 19:20).

Luke 23:38 In-Context

36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine

37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

38 There was also an inscription over him,"This is the King of the Jews.

39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; John 19:19; [John 19:21, 22]
• 2. [See ver. 37 above]

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew