Juan 19:21

21 Por eso los principales sacerdotes de los judíos decían a Pilato: No escribas, "el Rey de los judíos"; sino que El dijo: "Yo soy Rey de los judíos."

Juan 19:21 Meaning and Commentary

John 19:21

Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate
Who were not only informed of this inscription, but might read it themselves, for they were present at the crucifying of Christ, and mocked at him as he hung on the tree; these, when they read the title, were greatly offended at it, partly because it was doing too great an honour to Jesus to call him the King of the Jews: and partly because it fixed a public brand of infamy upon their nation, that a king of theirs should be crucified: wherefore they went to Pilate and addressed him, saying,

write not the King of the Jews:
because they did not own him for their king, which this title seemed to suggest, nor had he in their opinion any right to such a character; wherefore they desired that in the room of these words he would be pleased to put the following,

but that he said, I am King of the Jews;
that so he might be thought to be a seditious person and a traitor; one that laid claim to the temporal crown and kingdom of Israel, and one that suffered justly for attempts of that kind.

Juan 19:21 In-Context

19 Pilato también escribió un letrero y lo puso sobre la cruz. Y estaba escrito: JESUS EL NAZARENO, EL REY DE LOS JUDIOS.

20 Entonces muchos judíos leyeron esta inscripción, porque el lugar donde Jesús fue crucificado quedaba cerca de la ciudad; y estaba escrita en hebreo, en latín y en griego.

21 Por eso los principales sacerdotes de los judíos decían a Pilato: No escribas, "el Rey de los judíos"; sino que El dijo: "Yo soy Rey de los judíos."

22 Pilato respondió: Lo que he escrito, he escrito.

23 Entonces los soldados, cuando crucificaron a Jesús, tomaron sus vestidos e hicieron cuatro partes, una parte para cada soldado. Y tomaron también la túnica ; y la túnica era sin costura, tejida en una sola pieza.