2006-12-04 05:59:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He is from the linage of David.
2006-12-04 06:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a Jew and the King of Kings
2006-12-04 14:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by mimi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was a Jew.....and he is thought to be the son of G*d, the Messiah.....
This was also a title given mockingly by the Romans to captured Jewish partisans who defied Roman rule of Iudaea Province right before their execution.
But, really, I think the source of Jesus being called the King of Jews is these two passages...
In Matthew 2:2...."Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[a] and have come to worship him."
And in Luke 23:3...So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
2006-12-04 14:02:08 · answer #3 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Himself didn't openly declare that He was THE KING OF THE JEWS. Pontious Pilate because of the harassment by the Jewish leaders about the claim of Jesus being The King of the Jews showed them up by putting a sign board over the top of the head of Christ as he hung on the cross stating KING OF THE JEWS, which did outraged them.
2006-12-04 14:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by brother g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The messiah was to become a king eventually.
Herod and Pilot mis-understood.
Since the Jews were looking for a rebel leader to overthrow Roman rule, they thought Jesus was making himself King of the Jews.
However, Jesus never said it and didn't want it.
Have a peak at John 18:33-37
2006-12-04 14:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he is. He is the king of kings and lord of lords. He is the promised offspring of King David who will sit on his throne forever and ever.
He was even proclaimed the 'king of the jews' in Luke 23: 38 A signboard was nailed to the cross above him with these words: "This is the King of the Jews."
2006-12-04 14:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was called the King of the Jews by people who were taunting him.
That is, Jesus claimed to be the Way for people to reach the Kingdom of God. Folks who heard this (Romans, some Jews) and didn't believe him looked at him--he who owned nothing but the clothes on his back, had no political position, no societal prestige, and so forth--and ridiculed him for claiming to have a kingdom. So they put the sign over his head on the crucifix to belittle and demean him.
2006-12-04 14:04:57 · answer #7 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?" (John 18:33-35 RSV)
That exchange followed Pilate's direct question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" The emphasis was on the word "you." "Are you the King of the Jews?" By now Pilate's curiosity is aroused. He looks at Jesus and wonders what is behind all this. Jesus could not answer by a simple "Yes" or "No." If he had said "No," Pilate would have imagined that he was not a king at all. If he had said "Yes," Pilate would have thought he was a king according to the Jewish standards and that he was a threat to Caesar. So Jesus said to him, "How are you asking that question? Are you asking it as a Jew or as a Roman?" Pilate's response is, "Do I look like a Jew? Am I a Jew? Your own people delivered you to me. What is going on?" Jesus answers the question directly.
Jesus answered, "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world." Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice." (John 18:36-37 RSV)
This was Pilate's critical moment. What Jesus says is, "Yes, I am a king" (Pilate understood that), "but my kingship is not of this world. It is not the kind you think. But I am a king. You have said the truth." That is what he means when he says, "You say that I am a king. You have said the truth. I was born a king. The work of a king is to make people face the way things really are, to unveil the truth. Therefore, everyone who loves truth will listen to me." That was Pilate's cue. It was the test of whether he truly loved the truth. Here is his response.
Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" (John 18:38a RSV)
It is a cynical, weary answer, the response of someone who has been trying to find a way out of his troubles, but has lost all confidence in religion or any other guide.
After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told them, "I find no crime in him." (John 18:38b RSV)
- Title: The Way to the Cross
By: Ray C. Stedman
http://www.raystedman.org/john/3874.html
2006-12-04 14:07:24 · answer #8 · answered by Bruce 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, one theory has it that he was the physical descendant of the House of David. In other words, the literal King of the Jews.
In a more spiritual sense, he was the prophesied messiah, regardless of blood line, this makes him the King of the Jews.
2006-12-04 14:04:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The King of Jews,was a mocking sign placed on the cross by the Romans.
I.N.R.I. is a latin acronim for Iesus (Jesus)Nazarenus (from Nazaret) Rex (king) Israelis (of Jews).
2006-12-04 14:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by domedweller2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the jews don't have an earthly king, right now the only king of the jews is G-d. at the moment christians seem to have appointed jesus as our king, but since they aren't jewish they don't really have a vote in the matter, and since they aren't G-d their opinion of who is the king of israel doesn't count.
2006-12-04 14:13:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋