John 19
1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
2 Soldiers made a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a purple robe on him.
And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
3 Time and again they went up to him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped him.
And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
4 Pilate went outside once more and said to them, “I'm bringing him out here to you so you'll know I find him not guilty of any crime.”
And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.
5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. “Look, here's the man,” said Pilate.
Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!
6 When the chief priests and the guards saw Jesus, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” “You take him and crucify him,” Pilate answered. “I find him not guilty.”
So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.
7 The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.
8 When Pilate heard this he was more afraid than ever,
When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;
9 and he went back into the governor's palace. He asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus didn't respond.
And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 “Are you refusing to talk to me?” Pilate said to him. “Don't you realize that I have the power to have you released or to crucify you?”
Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?
11 “You would have no power over me unless it had been given to you from above,” Jesus answered. “Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of the greater sin.”
Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.
12 When Pilate heard this he tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you set this man free you're not Caesar's friend. Anyone who sets himself up as a king is rebelling against Caesar.”
Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called Stone Pavement (Gabbatha in Hebrew).
So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.
14 It was around noon on the preparation day before the Passover. “Look, here is your king,” he said to the Jews.
(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
15 “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” they screamed out. “Do you want me to crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “The only king we have is Caesar,” the chief priests replied.
Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.
16 So he handed Jesus over to them to be crucified.
So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;
17 They led Jesus away, who carried his own cross, and went out to the “Place of the Skull,” (Golgotha in Hebrew).
And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
18 They crucified him there, and two others with him: one on either side, with Jesus between them.
Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate had a notice made and placed on the cross which said, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 Many people read the notice because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.
21 Then the chief priests came to Pilate and asked him, “Don't write ‘the King of the Jews,’ but ‘This man said I am the King of the Jews.’”
Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.
22 Pilate replied, “What I have written I have written.”
But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed.
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them in four so that each soldier had his share. There was also his robe, made without seams, woven in one piece.
And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.
24 So they said to each other, “Let's not tear it, but let's decide who will have it by rolling dice.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them and rolled dice for my clothing.”
So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.
25 So that is what the soldiers did. Standing near the cross was Jesus' mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Mother, this is your son.”
So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!
27 Then he said to the disciple, “This is your mother.” From then on the disciple took her into his home.
Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.
28 Jesus now realized that he had finished all that he had come to do. In fulfillment of Scripture, he said, “I'm thirsty.”
After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.
29 A jar of wine vinegar was standing there, so they soaked a sponge in the vinegar, put it on a hyssop stick, and held it to his lips.
Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.
30 After he'd had the vinegar, Jesus said, “It's finished!” Then he bowed his head and breathed his last.
So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
31 It was preparation day, and the Jewish leaders didn't want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath day (in fact this was a special Sabbath), so they asked Pilate to break the legs, so that the bodies could be removed.
Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one and then the other of those crucified with Jesus,
So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:
33 but when they came to Jesus they saw he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs.
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;
34 However, one of the soldiers stuck a spear into his side, and blood mixed with water came out.
But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.
35 The one who saw this has given this evidence, and his evidence is true. He's certain that what he says is true so you can believe it too.
And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.
36 It happened like this so Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.
37 and as another Scripture says, “They will look at the one they pierced.”
And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.
38 After this Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take down the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave his permission. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because he feared the Jews. So Joseph came and took the body away.
After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.
39 He was joined by Nicodemus, the man who had first visited Jesus at night. He brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.
And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
40 They took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloth together with the mixture of spices, in accordance with Jewish burial customs. There was a garden near where Jesus was crucified;
Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.
41 and in the garden was a new, unused tomb.
Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.
42 Since it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus to rest there.
So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.
