Luke

Luke 23:38

³⁸Above Him was posted an inscription:ⁱ

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Footnotes

i 23:38 BYZ and TR include written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; see John 19:20|JHN 19:20.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Above	ἐπ’	ep’	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
Him	αὐτῷ	autō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
was	Ἦν	Ēn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
an inscription	ἐπιγραφὴ	epigraphē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G1923 an inscription, title
THIS	ΟΥΤΟΣ	HOUTOS	Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
THE	Ο	HO	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
KING	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ	BASILEUS	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G935 a king, ruler, emperor
OF THE	ΤΩΝ	TŌN	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
JEWS	ΙΟΥΔΑΙΩΝ	IOUDAIŌN	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G2453 Jewish

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.