Have Joy!
Χαῖρε Βασιλεῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων (chai-re ba-si-leu tōn i-ou-dai-ōn), is the phrase the soldiers of the Roman cohort which guarded Pilate’s headquarters used to mock Jesus. It’s usually translated “Hail, King of the Jews!” but that first word χαῖρε is really just the 2nd person singular imperative mood of the verb meaning “to have joy.” In other places it is translated “Rejoice!” […]