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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>John 19:21 Catholic Bible: The chief priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am the King of the Jews.'" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/john/19-21.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/john/19-21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/19-21.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">John</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/19.htm">Chapter 19</a> > Verse 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/19-20.htm" title="John 19:20">◄</a> John 19:21 <a href="../john/19-22.htm" title="John 19:22">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/john/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/john/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The chief priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am the King of the Jews.'" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/john/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the chief priests went to Pilate and said, "Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You should have written, 'He claimed to be King of the Jews.'" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’ ”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/john/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not: The King of the Jews. But that he said: I am the King of the Jews.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not: The King of the Jews. But that he said: I am the King of the Jews.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/john/19.htm">The Crucifixion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>This title therefore many of the Jews did read: because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl">Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not: The King of the Jews. But that he said: I am the King of the Jews.</span> <span class="reftext">22</span>Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a></span><br />And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/19-19.htm">John 19:19</a></span><br />And Pilate wrote a title also: and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/19-15.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/john/19-7.htm">Claimed</a> <a href="/john/19-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/john/18-12.htm">Jewish</a> <a href="/john/19-20.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Led</a> <a href="/john/19-19.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/john/19-15.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/john/8-41.htm">Protested</a> <a href="/mark/8-32.htm">Remonstrate</a> <a href="/john/8-8.htm">Write</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/4-6.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Claimed</a> <a href="/john/19-31.htm">High</a> <a href="/john/19-40.htm">Jewish</a> <a href="/john/19-31.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Led</a> <a href="/john/19-22.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/acts/4-1.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/genesis/43-3.htm">Protested</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">Remonstrate</a> <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Write</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/john/19-21.htm">John 19:21 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: am be but chief claimed Do He I Jews Jews' King man not of Pilate priests protested said saying So that The this to were write<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/19-21.htm">NT Gospels: John 19:21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore (Jhn Jo Jn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/19-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 19:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 19:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/19-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 19:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 19:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>