John 19
19
1 So then Pilate took Jesus and flogged Him. 2 And when the soldiers had twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and threw a purple robe around Him. 3 Then they kept approaching Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” while continuing to give Him slaps in the face. 4 And Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you, so that you will know that I find no grounds for an accusation against Him.”* 5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the thorny crowns and the purple robe, and he said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 So when 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 grounds for an accusation against Him.” 7 The Jews responded to him, “We have a law, and according to that law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”
8 Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became increasingly afraid, 9 and he entered the Praetorium* again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not realise that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” 11 Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed Me over to you has greater sin.” 12 From that time forward,* Pilate was seeking to release Him, but the Jews shouted, saying, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.” 13 So Pilate, when he heard these words, brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was approximately the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “See your King!” 15 Then they shouted, “Away with that One! Away with that One! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”
The Crucifixion of Jesus
Matt. 27:32-44; Mk. 15:21-32; Lk. 23:26-43
16 So then he handed Him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side,* and Jesus in between. 19 Now Pilate also wrote a notice and put it on the cross, and it was written: “Jesus the Nazarene, The King of the Jews.” 20 So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but instead, ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’ ” 22 Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written.” 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier—and the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to determine* whose it shall be,” so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, which states,*
“They divided My garments among themselves,
and for My clothing they cast a lot.”*
Therefore the soldiers did these things.
25 Now His mother and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife* of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene, stood near the cross of Jesus.* 26 Therefore, when Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her into his own home.*
The Death of Jesus
Matt. 27:45-56; Mk. 15:33-41; Lk. 23.44-49
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had now been finished, in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a stalk of hyssop and brought it to His mouth. 30 Then, when Jesus* had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And after He bowed His head, He gave up His spirit.
Jesus' Side Pierced
31 Then the Jews, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high* day), asked 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, and of the other who had been crucified alongside Him. 33 But, upon coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. 35 And the one who has seen has given testimony, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not a bone of His will be broken.”* 37 Furthermore, another Scripture says, “They will look on the One whom they have pierced.”*
The Burial of Jesus
Matt. 27:57-61; Mk. 15:42-47; Lk. 23:50-56
38 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (though secretly, for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate granted his request. So he came and took away His body. 39 Nicodemus, the one who had come to Him previously at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes about a hundred pounds in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the Jews’ custom to prepare for burial. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden, a new tomb, in which no one had ever been buried. 42 Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
Notes
4 Greek I find no accusation in Him. So also v. 6
9 Or governor’s palace/residence
12 Greek From this
18 Greek one on this side and one on that side
24 The infinitive phrase to determine is supplied to the text based on context
24 Some ancient manuscripts omit the non-restrictive relative clause which states
24 Quoted from Ps. 22:18
25 Greek Mary, the of Clopas
25 One ancient Greek manuscript omits the genitive phrase of Jesus
27 Greek into the own
30 Some ancient manuscripts read He
31 Or significant
36 Quoted from Ps. 34:20
37 Quoted from Zech. 12:10
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