Help me with this INRI meaning, please

@qouniq (1966)
Malaysia
May 16, 2007 2:14am CST
I was reading a discussion and find that one of the respondent stated that INRI stands for Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews in Latin: IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM. What is that mean actually, is he a Jews or what?! I thought he is Christian.
2 responses
mic_tcs
@mic_tcs (264)
• Malaysia
17 May 07
ya, Jesus is a Jew. Like the previous response, Christian refers to the people who follow Jesus Christ. And Jesus is also the King, not only to the Jews, but He is meant for all mankind.
mattithyahu
@mattithyahu (389)
• United States
16 May 07
Jesus is a Jew. Christian means "Christ follower" therefore someone who follows Jesus. Jesus is in the family of David and is the messiah that is spoken towards in the Old Testament. He is the fulfillment of the OT that redeemed not only the Jews but all mankind. As I comments in that post, the title "King of the Jews" was placed above his cross in mockery by the Romans. It was meant to be ironic. They mocked Jesus' claims by dressing him up like a king (purple robes [the color or royalty] and the crown of thorns). There were intended to be mocking ironies, but the true irony is that Jesus really is King!