KJV King James Version
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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John 19:3
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
WEB World English Bible
They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
ASV American Standard Version
and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and said, ‘Hail! the king of the Jews;’ and they were giving him slaps.
Surrounding context — John 19
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [him].
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put [it] on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἤρχοντοG2064 · erchomaito come/goπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔλεγον·G3004 · legōto sayχαῖρε,G5463 · chairōto rejoiceὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoβασιλεὺςG935 · basileuskingτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίων.G2453 · IoudaiosJewκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐδίδοσανG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heῥαπίσματα.¶G4475 · rhapismaslap
Cross-references
Matthew 27:29And 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!Luke 1:28And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art] thou among women.Matthew 26:49And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.John 19:19-22And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.John 18:33Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?John 18:22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
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