Friday
And Pilate posted a sign over Him that read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it. Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.'”
Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.”
John 19:19-22
In John 19, John writes for us that Pilate wrote a title and he put it on the cross above Jesus’ head. “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”. And he records for us that it was written in each one of those three languages, Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
The amazing thing is when you take that and turn it into Hebrew you end up with . . .
Jesus the Nazarene and King of the Jews. When we look at the first letter of every word in that frame we end up with Y H W H. Do you realise what that means? Above Jesus Christ’s head on the cross was the unmentionable name of God. Stop and reflect on what I have just said. Above Jesus Christ’s head on the cross was written the unmentionable name of God spelled out in the first letters of each word. Is that Hebrew? Yes, that is very typically Hebrew. Acrostic psalms start with the same Hebrew letter and work consecutively through the alphabet. Having a particular word that starts with a significant letter and having that above Jesus’ head on the cross, is it any wonder that the members of the Sanhedrin said “Don’t write that above his head, write that they said that he was.” because then the pattern would change. Pilate says, “What I have written, I have written, that which is written above his head is what we are going to write”.
And indeed above Jesus Christ’s head was written the unmentionable name of God. Now that is encoded. But only if it is seen in Hebrew. But we are told that it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. The three languages prominent at the time. The local language of the occupied area, the language of scholarship and learning and the language of the Empire. It was being clearly stated in three languages that this one was the King of the Jews – even if they had not recognised it publicly themselves. Well they had but only for one short few hours at the Triumphal Entry. But it is only in Hebrew that the acrostic appears with the first letters of each word.
Yes, Jesus Christ is / was God incarnate on the earth. It is a fact.
Ian Vail
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