Juan 19:21

21 —No escribas “Rey de los judíos” —protestaron ante Pilato los jefes de los sacerdotes judíos—. Era él quien decía ser 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 mandó que se pusiera sobre la cruz un letrero en el que estuviera escrito: «Jesús de Nazaret, Rey de los judíos».

20 Muchos de los judíos lo leyeron, porque el sitio en que crucificaron a Jesús estaba cerca de la ciudad. El letrero estaba escrito en arameo, latín y griego.

21 —No escribas “Rey de los judíos” —protestaron ante Pilato los jefes de los sacerdotes judíos—. Era él quien decía ser rey de los judíos.

22 —Lo que he escrito, escrito queda —les contestó Pilato.

23 Cuando los soldados crucificaron a Jesús, tomaron su manto y lo partieron en cuatro partes, una para cada uno de ellos. Tomaron también la túnica, la cual no tenía costura, sino que era de una sola pieza, tejida de arriba abajo.