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What does INRI mean on the christian cross?

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Recall that the cross had a heading naming Jesus "King of the Jews." The letters are an abbreviation for the Latin"Iesus Nazarae Rex Iudeae", or, in English, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." (Keep in mind that all Roman punishments prior to Diocletian's tetrarchy, and just after Constantine's reunification were and would have been in the adopted state language of Latin, rather than the common languages of the realm, like Greek and Aramaic.)

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