What does INRI stand for? On the crucifix there is sometimes a plate above Jesus' head that has the letters INRI. What does INRI mean or stand for? Why is it there?
According to John 19:19-20,

19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin (KJV, 1769)

The phrase &quot;Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews&quot; was written in three languages: Hebrew (likely Aramaic), Greek, and Latin.
In Aramaic: ישוע נצריא מלכא דיהודיא (see Peshitta)

In Greek: Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (See Textus Receptus)

In Latin: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (See Latin Vulgate)

INRI is an acronym meaning Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or &quot;Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.&quot;