What is biblical meaning of I.N.R.I.?

Answer 1

Answer # 1

It's not in The Bible, in those initials. See the Related Link.

Answer # 2

It is an abbreviation in Latin that originates in John 19:19, and can be found in St. Jerome's Latin translation of Sacred Scripture. The passage reads as follows:

Scripsit autem et titulum Pilatus, et posuit super crucem: erat autem scriptum: IESUS NAZARENUS, REX IUDAEORUM. Hunc ergo titulum multi legerunt Iudaeorum: quia prope ciuitatem erat locus ubi crucifixus est Iesus: et erat scriptum Hebraice, Graece, et Latine. (Iohannem 19:19-20)

Thus, INRI is an abbreviation of the following:

Iesus (nominative singular)

Nazarenus (genitive singular)

Rex (nominative singular)

Iudaeorum (genitive plural)

which can be translated into English as Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The entire passage may be translated, either from the original Greek or the Latin, as follows:

Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross: it read: Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews. Now many of the Jews read this inscription: because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. (John 19:19-20)

REFERENCES

Wordsworth, J. Nouum Testamentum Latine Secundum Editionem Sancti Hieronymi, (London:England, Oxford University Press, 1911).

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The New American Bible, (Iowa Falls: IA, World Bible Publishers, Inc. 1991).