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Myles Coverdale Bible

John 19:3

and sayde: Hayle kynge of the Iewes. And they smote him on the face.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assault and Battery;   Cruelty;   Irony;   Jesus, the Christ;   Mocking;   Sarcasm;   Slander;   Thompson Chain Reference - Sarcasm;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Thistles and Thorns;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Humiliation of Christ;   Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crown of Thorns;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Endurance;   Mockery;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Palm;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Praeto'rium;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Greeting;   Hail (2);   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Johannine Theology, the;   Palm (of the Hand);   Pilate, Pontius;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And they kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and were slapping his face.
King James Version (1611)
And said, Haile king of the Iewes: and they smote him with their hands.
King James Version
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
English Standard Version
They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
New American Standard Bible
and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and slapped Him in the face again and again.
New Century Version
Then they came to him many times and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and hit him in the face.
Amplified Bible
and they kept coming up to Him, saying [mockingly], "Hail, King of the Jews [Good health! Peace! Long life to you, King of the Jews]!" And they slapped Him in the face.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face.
Legacy Standard Bible
and they were coming to Him and saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and were giving Him slaps in the face.
Berean Standard Bible
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and slapping Him in the face.
Contemporary English Version
They came up to him and said, "Hey, you king of the Jews!" They also hit him with their fists.
Complete Jewish Bible
and went up to him, saying over and over, "Hail, ‘king of the Jews'!" and hitting him in the face.
Darby Translation
and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and gave him blows on the face.
Easy-to-Read Version
They kept coming up to him and saying, "Hail to the king of the Jews!" And they hit him in the face.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And saide, Haile, King of the Iewes. And they smote him with their roddes.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said, Peace be to you, O king of the Jews! and they struck him on his cheeks.
Good News Translation
and came to him and said, "Long live the King of the Jews!" And they went up and slapped him.
Lexham English Bible
and were coming up to him and saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" and were giving him slaps in the face.
Literal Translation
and said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they gave Him blows with the palm.
American Standard Version
and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
Bible in Basic English
And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
Hebrew Names Version
They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Yehudim!" and they kept slapping him.
International Standard Version
They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.
Etheridge Translation
and said, Hail to thee, King of the Jihudoyee ! and struck him upon his cheeks.
Murdock Translation
and they said: Hail, king of the Jews! and smote him on his cheeks.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayde, Hayle king of the Iewes: And they stroke hym with roddes.
English Revised Version
and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
World English Bible
They said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they struck him with their hands.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they smote him on the cheeks.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then they began to march up to Him, saying in a mocking voice, "Hail King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and camen to him, and seiden, Heil, kyng of Jewis. And thei yauen to him buffatis.
Update Bible Version
and they came to him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
Webster's Bible Translation
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
New English Translation
They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face.
New King James Version
Then they said, [fn] "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands.
New Living Translation
"Hail! King of the Jews!" they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
New Life Bible
Then they said, "Hello, King of the Jews!" and hit Him with their hands.
New Revised Standard
They kept coming up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and striking him on the face.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and kept coming unto him, and saying - Joy to thee! O King of the Jews! - and were giving unto him smart blows.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they came to him and said: Hail, king of the Jews. And they gave him blows.
Revised Standard Version
they came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayd: hayll kynge of the Iewes: and they smote him on the face.
Young's Literal Translation
and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.
Mace New Testament (1729)
hail king of the Jews! said they, and struck him on the cheeks.
Simplified Cowboy Version
and made fun of him saying, "All hail the king of the Jews!" Then they would slap him on the face.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Pilate toke Iesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soudyers platted a crowne of thornes, and set it vpon his heade, and put a purple garment vpon him, 3 and sayde: Hayle kynge of the Iewes. And they smote him on the face. 4 Then wente Pilate forth agayne, and sayde vnto the: Beholde, I brynge him forth vnto you, yt ye maye knowe, yt I fynde no faute in hi. 5 So Iesus wente out, & ware a crowne of thorne and a purple robe. And he sayde vnto them: Beholde, the man. 6 Whan the hye prestes & the mynisters sawe him, they cryed, & sayde: Crucifye, crucifye. Pilate saide vnto the: Take ye him, and crucifye him, for I fynde no giltynesse in him. 7 The Iewes answered him: We haue a lawe, & after oure lawe he ought to dye, because he made him self the sonne of God. 8 Whan Pilate herde that worde, he was the more afrayed, 9 and wente agayne in to the comon hall, and sayde vnto Iesus: Whence art thou? But Iesus gaue him no answere. 10 The sayde Pilate vnto him: Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not, yt I haue power to crucifye ye, & haue power to lowse ye?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hail: Matthew 26:49, Matthew 27:29, Luke 1:28

King: John 19:19-22, John 18:33

Reciprocal: Micah 5:1 - they Matthew 26:67 - and others Matthew 26:68 - thou Mark 10:34 - mock Mark 14:65 - General Luke 23:3 - the King Luke 23:38 - General John 19:14 - Behold

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot wente out at the dore vnto the, and shut the dore after him,
Genesis 19:8
Beholde, I haue two doughters, which yet haue knowne no man: them will I brynge out vnto you, do with them as it liketh you. Onely do nothinge vnto these men of God, for therfore are they come vnder the shadowe of my rofe.
Genesis 19:28
and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra, and all ye londe of that countre, and loked. And beholde, there rose vp a smoke from ye countre, as it had bene ye smoke of a fornace.
Genesis 19:29
For whan God destroyed ye cities of the region, he thought vpon Abraham, and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew, wherin Lot dwelt.
Genesis 21:8
And the childe grew, and was weened. And Abraham made a greate feast, in ye daye whan Isaac was weened.
Exodus 12:15
Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred: namely, vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses. Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto ye seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel.
Exodus 12:39
And of the rawe dowe that they brought out of Egipte, they baked vnleueded cakes: for it was not leuended, in so moch as they were thrust out of Egipte, and coude not tary: nether had they prepared them eny other meate.
Judges 6:19
And Gedeon wete, and made ready a kydd, and an Epha of vnleuended floure, and layed the flesh in a maunde, and put the broth in a pot, and broughte it forth vnto him vnder the Oke, and came nye.
1 Samuel 28:24
The woman had a fat calfe at home, so she made haist, and kylled it, and toke meell and dyd kneet it, and baked swete cakes,
2 Kings 4:8
And it fortuned at ye same tyme, that Eliseus wente vnto Sunem. And there was a riche woman, which helde him to eate with her: & as he passed oft thorow yt waye, he wete in vnto her: & ate wt her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said, hail, King of the Jews!.... Some copies before this clause read, "and they came unto him"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Coptic, and Ethiopic versions; that is, they came and prostrated themselves before him; bowed the knee unto him, and addressed him in a mock way, as if he was an earthly monarch just come to his crown, and whom they wished long to live; thus mocking at his kingly office, and despising him under that character, as many do now: some will not have him to reign over them, but reject him as King; and others, though in words they own him to be King, yet disregard his commands, and act no better part than these scoffing soldiers did:

and they smote him with their hands: upon his cheeks, as the Syriac version reads it. These, and many other affronts they gave him; in all which they were indulged by Pilate, and was a pleasing scene to the wicked Jews, whose relentless hearts were not in the least moved hereby, though Pilate hoped they would; and which was his view in allowing the soldiers to use such incivilities and indecencies to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:26-30.


 
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