Rabbi, You are the King of Israel!

 
John 1:47 NKJV – Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
 

• Ραββι, συ ει ο υιος του Θεου, συ ει ο βασιλευς του Ισραηλ. 
• Rabbi, sy ei o uios tou Theou, sy ei o basileus tou Israel. 

Jesus and his followers were Israelites of the late second-temple period.   Culturally they were semitic— speaking Hebrew and Aramaic— and religiously they were of the second-temple Israelite religion.  Unfortunately, we do not have a good name for their religion since the most obvious names that we might choose have connotations that would be misleading. We can not accurately call their religion Judaism, as we understand the word today, since that religion developed after the destruction of the temple.  (I recommend From Israelite to Jew, a podcast by Michael Satlow, for the history of the second-temple period and the developments that lead to Rabbinic Judaism.) 

Rabbinic Judaism has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the sixth century CE, after the codification of the Talmud. Rabbinic Judaism gained predominance within the Jewish diaspora between the second to sixth centuries CE, with the development of the oral law and the Talmud to control the interpretation of Jewish scripture and to encourage the practice of Judaism in the absence of Temple sacrifice and other practices no longer possible.  (Rabbinic Judaism in Wikipedia)

The following diagram illustrates the connection between the Second-Temple Israelite Religion, the followers of Jesus, and the later Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity that we know today.   As the diagram suggests, the Christianity of today is somewhat different from the religion of the early followers of Jesus; how and why that is so is the subject of future studies.

It is very clear from the New Testament that the followers of Jesus were loyal Israelites and that they saw Jesus as the Messiah of Israel— the "hope of Israel" (Acts 28:20).  The Gospels are filled with texts that link Jesus with Israel.

Matt 1:21 NASB – She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.

Matt 2:1 NKJV – Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

Matt 2:6 KJV – And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Matt 15:24 ESV – He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matt 19:28 NIV – Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt 27:11 NKJV – Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "It is as you say."

The Wikipedia article on the Gospel of Luke says that the author of Luke is "commonly understood to be writing from a Gentile perspective."  The Wikipedia article later says:

Although semitisms exist throughout the Gospel of Luke, it was probably composed in Koine Greek. Like Mark (but unlike Matthew), the intended audience is the Greek-speaking populations of the region; it assures readers that Christianity is an international religion, not an exclusively Jewish sect..... The consensus is that Luke was written by a Greek or Syrian for gentile or non-Jewish Christians.

The phrase "semitisms exist throught the Gospel of Luke" is an understatement— it is filled with semitisms.  (I have discussed the hebraisms, or semitisms, in the New Testament in several posts: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7.)  The first chapter of Luke seems especially Israelite in its perspective.  I don't understand the assertions of a "Gentile perspective" in Luke— are they reading the same Luke as I am?

Luke 1:31 NKJV – And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob [Israel] forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

Luke 1:54 NKJV – He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy, 55 As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.”

Luke 1:67 ESV - And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; 72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant [with Israel], 73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Luke 1:80 NKJV – So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Luke 2:25 ASV – And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, 28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace; 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples; 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Luke 2:36 ESV – And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 13:34 RSV – O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

Luke 22:28 RSV – You are those who have continued with me in my trials; 29 and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 24:21 NKJV – But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

Luke 24:45 RSV – Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures [the Old Testament, there was no New Testament at that time], 46 and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 1:29 KJV – The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

The Gospel of John is also links Jesus with Israel.  Certainly, much of the book would not make sense apart from the context of Israel. 

John 1:17 RSV – For the law [Torah] was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:19 RSV – And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." 21 And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah [Malachi 4:5]?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet [Deuteronomy 18:15]?" And he answered, "No."

John 1:40 RSV - One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah [a concept that would not have made sense outside the context of Israel]" (which means Christ). 45 Philip found Nathan'a-el, and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 46 Nathan'a-el said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathan'a-el coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" 48 Nathan'a-el said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." 49 Nathan'a-el answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

John 4:21 ESV - Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." 25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things." 26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

John 12:13 NIV – They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,   “Hosanna!”   “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”  [Psalm 118:26]  “Blessed is the King of Israel!” 

The chronology of the Gospel of John is built around the feasts of Israel.

• John 2:13 NKJV – Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
• John 2:23 NKJV – Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 
• John 5:1 NKJV – After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
• John 6:4 NKJV – Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 
• John 7:2 NKJV – Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
• John 10:22 NKJV – Now it was the Feast of Dedication [Hanukkah] in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
• John 11:55 NKJV – And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 
• John 13:1 NKJV – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 
• John 19:14 NKJV – Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 

We see in the Gospel accounts that Jesus worked within the cultural and religious institutions of Israel.

Matt 4:23 KJV – And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Matt 9:35 KJV – And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Matt 26:55 KJV – In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Mark 1:39 KJV – And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

Mark 11:15 KJV – And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

Luke 2:46 KJV – And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Luke 4:15 KJV – And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

Luke 4:44 KJV – And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

Luke 13:10 KJV – And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

Luke 19:47 KJV – And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 20:1 KJV – And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

Luke 21:38 KJV – And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

Luke 22:53 KJV – When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

John 7:14 KJV – Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

John 8:2 KJV – And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

John 8:20 KJV – These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

John 10:23 KJV – And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

John 18:20 KJV – Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

The ending of the Gospel of Luke and the beginning of the book of Acts describe the behavior of the disciples shortly after the resurrection.  We see them staying in Jerusalem, going to the temple, and very much interested in the future of Israel.  Jerusalem and Judea are to be the center of the disciples mission to the world.  (My posts How big was the early community of believers in Jesus that was in Jerusalem? and Looking at Acts 21:20 in Aramaic and Jerusalem and the Temple Mount discuss the size of the early group of followers of Jesus and the importance of the temple to them.)

Luke 24:50 KJV – And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

Acts 1:4 KJV – And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.... 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Acts 1:8 KJV – But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

The first significant advance for the followers of Jesus occurred on Shavuot (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost), which is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of Israel (Leviticus 23:15-21).

Acts 2:1 KJV – And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Peter addresses his sermon to "Ye men of Israel."  The disciples followed the instructions that Jesus left with them to preach "beginning at Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47).

• Acts 2:14 – Ye men of Judaea
• Acts 2:22 – Ye men of Israel
• Acts 2:36 – Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly
• Acts 3:12 – Ye men of Israel
• Acts 4:8 – Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel
• Acts 4:10 – Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel

The temple was the site of much of the disciples early preaching and teaching.  Notice in Acts 5:26 that the disciples were held in such high regard that their arresting officers "feared the people, lest they should have been stoned."  The high priest said to the disciples, "you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching" (Acts 5:28).  The followers of Jesus were not an insignificant movement (See How big was the early community of believers in Jesus that was in Jerusalem?) and they were fully part of the society of Israel.  Peter describes, among their purposes, "to give repentance to Israel" (Acts 5:31).

Acts 2:46 KJV – And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Acts 3:1 KJV – Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

Acts 5:17 KJV – Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught....

Acts 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

The followers of Jesus ignored the commands to cease teaching about Jesus.  They continued daily in the temple and the result was that "the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly."  It is apparent that by this point the followers of Jesus were so numerous that their opponents were finding it difficult to do anything about them.  These new followers were from Israel and they continued to be part of the society of Israel.  Their is no hint that to be a follower of Jesus was to forsake Israel; the text does not say "a great company of former priests were obedient to the faith."

Acts 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

The story of Stephen in Acts 6 and 7 is filled with references and connections to the culture of Israel.  We read that "there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution" (Acts 6:1 NKJV).  Clearly, the community of the followers of Jesus in Jerusalem was dominated by a Hebraic culture.  The Wikipedia article on the Hebrew Language says: "It is widespread among Israeli scholars to treat Hebrew as a spoken language as a feature of Judea's Roman Period." (See the Displacement section in that article for more on this topic.)

At the end of Acts 6, we read that "false witnesses" accuse Stephen of speaking against "this holy place" and that Jesus "will change the customs that Moses handed on to us."  The disciples were "daily" in the temple; a "great company of the priests" had become followers; and we read later in Acts 21:20 that the followers in Jerusalem were "are all zealous for the law"— zealous for the Torah.  The account in Acts supports the assertion that they were "false witnesses", in other words, that the followers of Jesus were not against the "holy place"— the temple— and that they were not changing the "customs" from Moses— the Torah.  Would the writer of Acts have called them "false witnesses" if the witnesses had been speaking truth?

Acts 6:13 NRSV – They set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us."

Acts 7 begins with a question from the high priest, "Are these things so?", about the charges made in Acts 6:13-14.  Stephen's response draws from the history of Israel, a history that Stephen claims as his own— speaking of "our ancestors."

Acts 7:2 NRSV – And Stephen replied: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Acts 7:44 NRSV – Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. 45 Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until the time of David,

The accused then becomes the accusor.  Stephen charges his captors with breaking the Law— the Torah given to Moses.

Acts 7:53 NRSV –  You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it."

The Apostle Paul will be at the center of the rest of this post.   Paul is frequently the source of much that is taken to be opposed to the culture of Israel within the community of the followers of Jesus.  And yet, Paul defended himself against such charges.

Acts 22:1 KJV – Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 

Acts 22:17 KJV – And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

Act 24:11 ESV – You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, 12and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. 13 Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, 15 having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. 16 So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man. 17 Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings. 18 While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia-- 19 they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.

Act 25:8 RSV – Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended at all."

Act 26:4 NIV – The Jews all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. 6 And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our fathers that I am on trial today. 7 This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. O king, it is because of this hope that the Jews are accusing me.

Act 28:17 NIV – Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: "My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

Rom 11:1 RSV – I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew....

Gal 1:14 NIV – I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Phil 3:3 NKJV – For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 4 though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

The first followers of Jesus never stopped seeing Him as the "King of Israel."  They never stopped being "zealous for the law."   They continued worshipping in the temple until it was destroyed.  They continued meeting in the synagogue.  How did it all change?   How did we become so different from the apostles?

There is so much material on this subject.  I will have to continue it in another post.

Matthew 27:11 NIV
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor,
and the governor asked him,
“Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.

• ‏‏Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel
• ‏רבי, אתה בן־האלהים, אתה מלך ישׂראל
• Rabí, tú eres el Hijo de Dios; tú eres el Rey de Israel. 
• Rabbi, du bist Gottes Sohn, du bist der König von Israel!
• Rabbi, tu es le Fils de Dieu; tu es le roi d'Israël.
• Rabbi, sinä olet Jumalan Poika, sinä olet Israelin kuningas.
• Maestro, tu sei il Figliuol di Dio, tu sei il Re d’Israele.
• Ya Rabbi, Rabbilah Anak Allah! Rabbilah Raja bani Israel!   
• Rabbî, sen Tanrı'nın Oğlusun, sen İsrail'in Kralısın!
• 랍비여, 당신은 하나님의 아들이시요 당신은 이스라엘의 임금이로소이다
• Rabbi, Tu esi Dieva Dēls. Tu esi Izraēļa Ķēniņš.
• Rabi, Tu Dievo Sūnus, Tu Izraelio karalius!
• Rabbi! du er Guds Sønn, du er Israels konge! 
• Mistrzu! tyś jest on Syn Boży, tyś jest on król Izraelski.
• Rabi, tu és o Filho de Deus, tu és rei de Israel.   
• Равви! Ты Сын Божий, Ты Царь Израилев.
• Rabbi, du är Guds Son, du är Israels konung.
• Mwalimu, wewe ni Mwana wa Mungu. Wewe ni Mfalme wa Israeli!
• Рави, Ти єси Син Божий, Ти єси цар Ізраїлїв.
• معلّم انت ابن الله. انت ملك اسرائيل