Questions and Answers

What was written on the sign on the cross?

The Inscription above the cross of Christ was written in four different languages: Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin.

Luke 23:38 clearly states it was written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

In John the word for Hebrew is "hebraisti". 

John 19:20 uses for this the adverbial form Hebraisti, which in gospel usage did not mean "in Hebrew" but in the Jewish dialect of Aramaic.

We know this because wherever Hebraisti is used elsewhere, as in John 5:2; 19:13,17; 20:16, the word is given in its Aramaic form, transcribed into Greek letters.

    Written "JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS"
    • John 19:19 - JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
    Written "THE KING OF THE JEWS"Written "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS"Written "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS"