A moment in scripture
Luke 23:38
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 23:36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- Luke 23:37
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
- Luke 23:39
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
- Luke 23:40
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.