The sign above Jesus' head on the cross

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I went to Ask.com and got IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDAEORVM

That is correct, although some later sources give it as Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iduaerum. See, the original Latin alphabet had neither the letter 'J' nor the letter 'V' but as time went on, medieval monks, rendering the original into Church Latin, changed some spellings to conform to more "modern" typography.

INRI is traditionally placed on replicas and ornamets. Have a look at this web site :

Thank you everyone for your help. As you can tell I am not very computer info savvy I guess I just typed in a request for "english latin translator" and crossed my fingers. ... After reading some older posts on this site; I was thoroughly impressed with the responses. Google rocks! Why didn't I think of that first?! Again, thank you.

I cant see the differnce between what you are saying and what Paddy is saying.

Mainly it's the substitution of 'U' for 'V'. As I said, classical Latin had neither 'J' nor 'V'. The person we know as Julius Caesar was actually Gaivs Ivlivs Caesar. Later Medieval Latin, as practiced by the clergy and the monks making vellum copies of manuscripts in their monasteries, began a sort of spelling reform.

I have had a reread. I know where we are at crossed purposes. My understanding before this was that the latin has a U, they simply wrote it as V. It was a V they didnt have. You are right about the J. It seems to have come about as a stylised I to begin a word with...