From Late Latin Iēsūs Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum
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I have told you what the letters I.N.R.I. mean; now let me tell you what I.H.S. with a cross over them mean.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
The latter is Maltese in form; and has on it, besides the initials of the Latin inscription on the Saviour's cross, I.N.R.I., the Moray star, and other symbols.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
What do the letters "I.N.R.I." over the Cross mean?
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
And on it were to be cut the letters "I.N.R.I."
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter
Thus, I.N.R.I. are universally agreed to be the initials of the Latin words Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum; i.e.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 by Various
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