John 19
1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
2 Soldiers made a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a purple robe on him.
The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
3 Time and again they went up to him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped him.
And they kept coming up to him and saying, "Greetings, King of the Jews." and they struck him 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.”
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against 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, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And he said to them, "Look, 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.”
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 Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
The Jewish leaders answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
8 When Pilate heard this he was more afraid than ever,
When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
9 and he went back into the governor's palace. He asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus didn't respond.
He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you 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?”
Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you not speaking to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
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 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 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.”
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, saying, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king speaks 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).
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 It was around noon on the preparation day before the Passover. “Look, here is your king,” he said to the Jews.
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about noon. He said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here 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.
They shouted, "Away with him. Away with him. Crucify him." Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
16 So he handed Jesus over to them to be crucified.
So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.
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, carrying the cross himself, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha,"
18 They crucified him there, and two others with him: one on either side, with Jesus between them.
where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, 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.”
Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS THE NAZOREAN, 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.
Therefore many 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 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.’”
The chief priests of the Jewish people therefore said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"
22 Pilate replied, “What I have written I have written.”
Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
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.
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
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.”
Then they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast a lot." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
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.
But there were standing by the cross of Jesus 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.”
Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, 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, "Look, your mother." From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
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, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
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.
A vessel full of sour wine was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
30 After he'd had the vinegar, Jesus said, “It's finished!” Then he bowed his head and breathed his last.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and 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.
Therefore the Jewish leaders, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies would not 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 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one and then the other of those crucified with Jesus,
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 they saw he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs.
but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 However, one of the soldiers stuck a spear into his side, and blood mixed with water came out.
However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
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.
He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
36 It happened like this so Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."
37 and as another Scripture says, “They will look at the one they pierced.”
Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
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 Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jewish leaders, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore 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.
Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five 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;
So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, according to Jewish burial practice.
41 and in the garden was a new, unused tomb.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no one had ever yet been placed.
42 Since it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus to rest there.
Then because of the Jewish Preparation Day (for the tomb was nearby) they put Jesus there.
