The Bible › American Standard Version › John 19
John 19:3
and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
John 19:3 · American Standard Version
John 19:3 in other translations
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment;
3 and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
4 And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.
5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold, the man!
6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
Read John 19 in the app The whole chapter