Joh 19:19 | RWP | e4.org | Pilate wrote a title also ( εγραψεν κα τιτλον ο Πειλατος ). Only John tells us that Pilate himself wrote it and John alone uses the technical Latin word titlon (several times in inscriptions), for the board with the name of the criminal and the crime in which he is condemned; Mark ( ) and Luke ( ) use επιγραφη (superscription). Matthew ( ) has simply αιτιαν (accusation). The inscription in John is the fullest of the four and has all in any of them save the words "this is" ( ουτος εστιν ) in .

‏ John 19:19

Pilate wrote a title also ( εγραψεν κα τιτλον ο Πειλατος ). Only John tells us that Pilate himself wrote it and John alone uses the technical Latin word titlon (several times in inscriptions), for the board with the name of the criminal and the crime in which he is condemned; Mark (Mr 15:26) and Luke (Lu 23:28) use επιγραφη (superscription). Matthew (Mt 27:37) has simply αιτιαν (accusation). The inscription in John is the fullest of the four and has all in any of them save the words "this is" ( ουτος εστιν ) in Mt 27:37.