Λουκᾶν 23:38

Greek Modern Translation

Ητο δε και επιγραφη γεγραμμενη επανωθεν αυτου με γραμματα Ελληνικα και Ρωμαικα και Εβραικα· Ουτος εστιν ο Βασιλευς των Ιουδαιων.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ἦν δὲ καὶ ⸀ἐπιγραφὴ ἐπ ⸀αὐτῷ· Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ⸀οὗτος.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ἦν δὲ καὶ ἐπιγραφὴ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ· ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὗτος.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ην δε και επιγραφη γεγραμμενη επ αυτω γραμμασιν ελληνικοις και ρωμαικοις και εβραικοις ουτος εστιν ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ην δε και επιγραφη επ αυτω ο βασιλευρ των ιουδαιων ουτορ

Byzantine/Majority Text
ην δε και επιγραφη γεγραμμενη επ αυτω γραμμασιν ελληνικοις και ρωμαικοις και εβραικοις ουτος εστιν ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 23:3, Matthew 27:11, Matthew 27:37, Mark 15:18, Mark 15:26, Mark 15:32, John 19:3, John 19:19-22

Reciprocal: Micah 5:2 - that is Matthew 2:2 - born Acts 21:40 - Hebrew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And a superscription also was written,.... Containing the crime he was charged with, and accused of;

:-;

:-;

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:41-44.

Luke 23:38

In letters of Greek ... - See the notes at Matthew 27:37.

Luke 23:39

One of the malefactors - Matthew Matthew 27:44 says “the thieves - cast the same in his teeth.” See the apparent contradiction in these statements reconciled in the notes at that place.

If thou be Christ - If thou art the Messiah; if thou art what thou dost pretend to be. This is a taunt or reproach of the same kind as that of the priests in Luke 23:35.

Save thyself and us - Save our lives. Deliver us from the cross. This man did not seek for salvation truly; he asked not to be delivered from his sins; if he had, Jesus would also have heard him. Men often, in sickness and affliction, call upon God. They are earnest in prayer. They ask of God to save them, but it is only to save them from “temporal” death. It is not to be saved from their sins, and the consequence is, that when God “does” raise them up, they forget their promises, and live as they did before, as this robber “would” have done if Jesus had heard his prayer and delivered him from the cross.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. A superscription — See Matthew 27:37.

ln letters of Greek, and Latin and Hebrew — The inscription was written in all these languages, which were the most common, that all might see the reason why he was put to death. The inscription was written in Greek, on account of the Hellenistic Jews, who were then at Jerusalem because of the passover; it was written in Latin, that being the language of the government under which he was crucified; and it was written in Hebrew, that being the language of the place in which this deed of darkness was committed. But, by the good providence of God, the inscription itself exculpated him, and proved the Jews to be rebels against, and murderers of, their king. Matthew 27:37; Matthew 27:37. It is not to be wondered at that they wished Pilate to alter this inscription, John 19:21, as it was a record of their infamy.