What do the letters on the cross INRI mean?

John 19:18-20: (NIV) “There they crucified him, and with him two others – one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin (INRI) and Greek.”

What does INRI stand for? INRI is the Latin acronym for “Iesus (I) Nazarenus (N) Rex (R) Iudaeorum (I).” INRI means “JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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