2007-03-12 06:15:55 · 10 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mockery along with his crown of thorns. The counter is the irony that it could be taken literally.
2007-03-12 06:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus WAS a descendant of David. Read the genealogy of Jesus in the first few chapters of the Book of Matthew and you will see where Jesus' bloodline had been traced back to David's day. The signage was a part of Roman policy at crucifixions to show to people, "This is what we do to people who commit crimes such as the things listed on the paper above their heads". In other words, they went through with the Jewish wish to have Jesus crucified for simply BEING who He said he was.
2007-03-12 14:07:11 · answer #2 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is a descendent of David. He is the lion from the tribe of Judah
2007-03-12 13:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by nolet93 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I imagine it was because that is what his followers called he was.
it was meant to mock and insult
remember not all Jewish kings have been of the Davidic line. The Hasmonim only a few centuries earlier were Levites
2007-03-12 13:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was through Mary and Joseph because Mary was a descendent and he is a descendent through Joseph's marriage to Mary.
2007-03-12 13:22:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember - the assembled Jews tried to get Pontius Pilate to change it to: "He said He was the King of the Jews" - but Pilate said: "What I have written, I have written." Gospel of St. John.
2007-03-12 13:19:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't have his lawyer there to argue his case
2007-03-12 13:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by devoid169 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were being sarcastic. You think that's the only time they did that ? Seriously ?
2007-03-12 13:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They understood sarcasm
2007-03-12 13:20:56 · answer #9 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were mocking Him.
2007-03-12 13:21:33 · answer #10 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋