John 19

1 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.

3 They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.

4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”

6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement,” but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour.t He said to the Jews,“Behold, your King!”

15 They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”
The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
16 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull,” which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha,”18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”20 Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, I am King of the Jews.’”

22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24 Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says,

“They parted my garments among them.
For my cloak they cast lots.”t
Therefore the soldiers did these things.25 But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.26 Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!”

27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
28 After this, Jesus, seeingt that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
31 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.32 Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.34 However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.35 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.36 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”t

37 Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”t
38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.t40 So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.

42 Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.

John 19

Pilate Tries to Release Jesus

1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.ts2 The soldierst braidedt a crown of thornss and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.s

3 Theyt came up to him again and againt and said, “Hail, king of the Jews!”ts And they struck him repeatedlyt in the face.
4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders,t “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusationt against him.”5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.s Pilatet said to them, “Look, here is the man!”s6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucifys him! Crucify him!”t Pilate said,t “You take him and crucify him!s Certainlyt I find no reason for an accusationt against him!”

7 The Jewish leaderst replied,t “We have a law,s and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”t
8 When Pilate heard what they said,t he was more afraid than ever,t9 and he went back into the governor’s residencet and said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.10 So Pilate said,t “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authorityt to release you, and to crucify you?”ts

11 Jesus replied, “You would have no authorityt over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to youts is guilty of greater sin.”ts
12 From this point on, Pilate triedt to release him. But the Jewish leaderst shouted out,t “If you release this man,t you are no friend of Caesar!s Everyone who claims to be a kingt opposes Caesar!”13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seatts in the place called “The Stone Pavement”s (Gabbatha ints Aramaic).s

14 (Now it was the day of preparations for the Passover, about noon.ts)s Pilatet said to the Jewish leaders,t “Look, here is your king!”
15 Then theyt shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him!t Crucifys him!” Pilate asked,t “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”

16 Then Pilatet handed him overt to them to be crucified.
So they took Jesus,

The Crucifixion

17 and carrying his own crossts he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull”s (called in AramaictGolgotha).s18 There theyt crucifieds him along with two others,t one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.19 Pilate also had a noticets written and fastened to the cross,ts which read:t “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalemts read this notice,t because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic,t Latin, and Greek.21 Then the chief priests of the Jewst said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 Now when the soldiers crucifieds Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier,s and the tunict remained. (Now the tunict was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)s

24 So the soldiers said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but throw dicet to see who will get it.”t This took placet to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.”ts So the soldiers did these things.
25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.s26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman,s look, here is your son!”

27 He then said to his disciple, “Look, here is your mother!” From that very timet the disciple took her into his own home.

Jesus’ Death

28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this timet everything was completed,t said (in order to fulfill the scripture),s “I am thirsty!”s29 A jar full of sour wines was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssops and lifted itt to his mouth.

30 Whent he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed!”tt Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.t
31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbaths (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),s the Jewish leaderst asked Pilate to have the victims’ legst brokens and the bodies taken down.t32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucifieds with Jesus,t first the one and then the other.t33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.34 But one of the soldiers pierceds his side with a spear, and blood and waters flowed out immediately.35 And the person who saw itt has testified (and his testimony is true, and het knows that he is telling the truth),s so that you also may believe.36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.”s

37 And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”s

Jesus’ Burial

38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaderst),s asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilatet gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.t39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesust at night,s accompanied Joseph,t carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloess weighing about seventy-five pounds.s40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices,t in strips of linen clotht according to Jewish burial customs.t41 Now at the place where Jesust was crucifieds there was a garden,t and in the gardent was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.t

42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparations and the tomb was nearby,s they placed Jesus’ body there.