What does INRI mean ?

[Chuck1]

Hi what does INRI at the top of the cross stand for ?
Thanks

 

[malphono]

I believe it stands for

Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum

 

[asia53]

Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (“Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews”).

 

[TimothyH]

It stands for “I never rot, idiot!”

-Tim-

 

[Kouyate42]

It stands for “I never rot, idiot!”

-Tim-

Have I committed some sort of sin by laughing at this?

 

[TimothyH]

Have I committed some sort of sin by laughing at this?

Somone once asked Pope John XXIII how many people worked at the Vatican. He ansered, “Oh, about half of them.”

-Tim-

 

[ProVobis]

Inscription on cross was probably close to this:

 

[CountrySteve]

Somone once asked Pope John XXIII how many people worked at the Vatican. He ansered, “Oh, about half of them.”

-Tim-

ha

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

Somone once asked Pope John XXIII how many people worked at the Vatican. He ansered, “Oh, about half of them.”

-Tim-

 

[GEddie]

Inscription on cross was probably close to this:

Way cool to post the sign!

ICXC NIKA

 

[catharina]

It stands for “I never rot, idiot!”

-Tim-

Terrifically ugly.

 

[Erich]

When he was much younger (and growing up in Rhode Island), a priest formerly assigned to our parish related once how he thought it meant that Jesus was crucified “in Rhode Island”

 

[Usige]

It stands for “I never rot, idiot!”

-Tim-

I thought it was “Initiate Nail Removal Immediately.”

I read that joke a long time before I became Catholic and learned the real meaning, but it still pops into my head every time I see it.

 

[ProVobis]

It stands for “I never rot, idiot!”

Now if it were a stock symbol, I would actually think this was funny.

 

[ardis3958]

Hi what does INRI at the top of the cross stand for ?
Thanks

google.com/search?q=INRI

Also ΙΝΒΙ is Greek for INRI: Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ Bασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (Iesous ho Nazoraios ho Basileus ton Ioudaion).

ІНЦІ is Slavonic: Ісус Назорей Цар Іудейський (Isus Nazorei Tsar Iudeiskii).

 

[LemonAndLime]

Hi what does INRI at the top of the cross stand for ?
Thanks

You would have saved yourself some time by using Google .

 

[ProVobis]

You would have saved yourself some time by using Google .

Maybe not. Many of the Google search results point right back to Catholic Answers.

 

[asia53]

When he was much younger (and growing up in Rhode Island), a priest formerly assigned to our parish related once how he thought it meant that Jesus was crucified “in Rhode Island”

 

[YoungTradCath]

Maybe not. Many of the Google search results point right back to Catholic Answers.

Not when I just Googled it.

 

[ardis3958]

Maybe not. Many of the Google search results point right back to Catholic Answers.

Yes, to CAF posts that answer the question.

At any rate: google.com/search?q=INRI