John 19:22

"The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am King of the Jews.”’”"

Key Reflection

The chief priests sought to defame Jesus by altering the inscription on his cross, which Pilate initially wrote as a factual statement. Their request aimed to deny any claim Jesus might have had to kingship, thereby stripping him of legitimacy and justification before both Jews and Romans.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 22. What I have written, &c. This declaration implied that he would make no change. He was impatient, and weary of their solicitations. He had yielded to them contrary to the convictions of his own conscience, and he now declared his purpose to yield no farther. __________________________________________________________________

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