Luke 23:38 - in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew,

[Steven Avery]

Luke 23:38 (AV)
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew,
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(The corruption modern versions omit the languages in the Luke verse.)

John 19:20 (AV)
This title then read many of the Jews:
for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city:
and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

 

[Steven Avery]

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It says the same phrase in three languages: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

• • Hebrew/Aramaic (top, right→left):
    ישוע הנצרי מלך היהודים
    Transliteration: Yeshua ha-Natzri, Melech ha-Yehudim.
  • Latin (middle, left→right):
    IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDAEORVM
    Modernized: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum.
  • Greek (bottom, left→right):
    ΙΗΣΟΥΣ Ὁ ΝΑΖΩΡΑΙΟΣ Ὁ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ἸΟΥΔΑΙΩΝ
    Transliteration: Iēsous ho Nazōraios, ho Basileus tōn Ioudaiōn.
  
  Standard 1st-century Roman world writing directions:
  • • Hebrew: right to left
    • Greek: left to right (boustrophedon had disappeared by this period)
    • Latin: left to right
  Why some images show reversed Greek/Latin: The Santa Croce "Titulus Crucis" relic and many reproductions display the Greek and Latin text mirrored. This is almost certainly a copying or manufacturing error - perhaps written as if for a stencil or carved from the wrong side of the board. This relic dates to medieval times, not the 1st century, and doesn't reflect historical convention.
  Additionally, some photographs or prints are horizontally flipped, making left-to-right scripts appear to read right-to-left.
  
  Historically accurate reconstruction for a trilingual inscription:
  
  • • Top: Hebrew/Aramaic (right to left)
    • Middle: Latin (left to right)
    • Bottom: Greek (left to right)
  
  While the order of languages might vary in artistic depictions, maintaining the correct reading directions is essential for 1st-century plausibility. This follows the goal of creating "street-legible signage" that many could read, as referenced in John 19:20.
  
  
  
  
  

 

[Steven Avery]

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