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And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Note 2 at Lu 23:38: All four Gospel writers recorded the inscription that was placed above Jesus' head on the cross, but they differ slightly in the wording of that inscription. There are a number of possible explanations of this.
Matthew and Mark called this writing an accusation, while John called it a title. This could have been two different things with an individual writer mentioning only one of the two.
Also, as Luke mentioned, this inscription was written in three languages. The three languages could vary in their wording, accounting for these differences.
From compiling all four accounts, the complete inscription would be, "THIS IS JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."
