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From: glenn@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Glenn C. Scott)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Why Jesus' genealogy is important
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 14:58:10 EDT
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> <295@mit-athena.UUCP> martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Yakim Martillo) 
> If establishing Jesus'  claim to the  throne of David  was  important,
> and  if  this claim  was   so important, why    did Pilate,  have  rex
> iudaeorum (Herod the Great's title in Latin) rather than rex  israelis
> (David's title in Latin) inscribed on the cross of execution (I may
> have misunderstood the account and the actual inscription may have
> been in Greek but the actual language is not important)?

  Where do you find that Pilate had Herod the Great's title inscribed on the
cross ?

  According to John 19:19-20 the inscription said: "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE
KING OF THE JEWS" and is was written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

Glenn