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The NET Bible®

John 19:3

They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in 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 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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Hayle kynge of the Iewes. And they smote him on the face.
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 took Jesus and had him flogged severely. 2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face. 4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him." 5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!" 6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!" 7 The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!" 8 When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever, 9 and he went back into the governor's residence and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?"

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
Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
Genesis 19:28
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
Genesis 21:8
The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Exodus 12:15
For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:39
They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast—because they were thrust out of Egypt and were not able to delay, they could not prepare food for themselves either.
Judges 6:19
Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.
1 Samuel 28:24
Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.

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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