John 19:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him on the face.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands. [Isa. 53:3, 5, 7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.

Common English Bible

³ Over and over they went up to him and said, “Greetings, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And they were approaching him and saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave him blows.

John 19:3 Cross References

Matthew 26:49

At once he came up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

Matthew 27:29

and after twisting some thorns into a crown they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Mark 15:18

And they began saluting him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Luke 1:28

And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

John 18:22

When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

John 18:33

Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”