What do the letters INRI at the top of Jesus' cross mean?

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    What do the letters INRI at the top of Jesus' cross mean?

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    "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
    Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek"(John 19:19-20)

    The Latin form of
    "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" is
    "
    Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum"

    The first letters of this title
    provides us withINRI.

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