John 19:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ 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.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but, that he said, I am King of the Jews.

Common English Bible

²¹ Therefore, the Jewish chief priests complained to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews’ but ‘This man said, “I am the king of the Jews.”’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, 'King of the Jews,' but that he said, 'I am King of the Jews.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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.

John 19:21 Cross References

John 19:14

Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

John 19:19

Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”