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37Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
The Wooden Pole
And they placed above his head his charge written: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."
The word *aitian* means the formal charge or accusation — the legal ground for execution — rendered here as "charge" rather than the softer "accusation" to reflect its judicial force in context. Standard rendering otherwise from the source text.
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37Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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37They put above his head the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
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37They fastened to the σταυρός · staurosPrimary classical Greek meaning: upright stake or pole. Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, Oxford. above Jesus’ head a sign on which had been {they had} written why they were nailing him to the σταυρός · staurosPrimary classical Greek meaning: upright stake or pole. Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, Oxford.. But all it said was, ‘This is Jesus, the King of the Jews’.
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Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
They put above his head the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
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King James Version
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Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
They put above his head the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἐπέθηκαν put ἐπιτίθημι epitíthēmi from G1909 (ἐπί) and G5087 (τίθημι); to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense) add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, s ἐπάνω on the top ἐπάνω epánō from G1909 (ἐπί) and G507 (ἄνω); up above, i.e. over or on (of place, amount, rank, etc.) above, more than, (up-)on, ove τῆς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, κεφαλῆς head κεφαλή kephalḗ from the primary (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, αἰτίαν cause αἰτία aitía from the same as G154 (αἰτέω); a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive γεγραμμένην write γράφω gráphō a primary verb; to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe describe, write(-ing, -ten) · Οὗτός this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it ἐστιν is εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when Ἰησοῦς Jesus Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs of Hebrew origin (H03091); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites Jesus ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, βασιλεὺς king βασιλεύς basileús probably from G939 (βάσις) (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figura τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἰουδαίων Jewish Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaîos from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country); Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah Jew(-ess), of Judæa .
Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Where the New Testament uses stauros, this site shows the Greek word alongside its primary classical meaning in brackets. Stauros meant stake or upright stake in classical Greek — the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon (Oxford University Press) lists this as its first definition, citing Homer and Herodotus. The word itself does not specify material; wood is implied by the context of the era, not encoded in the Greek term.
Where the New Testament uses xylon, this site shows the Greek word alongside its meaning of tree or wood — xylon does specify material, and is already translated as tree by the NIV, ESV, and KJV in Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, and 1 Peter 2:24.
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