John 19

¹Therefore, Pilate then took Jesus into custody and scourged him.

²And the soldiers, plaiting a crown of thorns, imposed it on his head. And they put a purple garment around him.

³And they were approaching him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.

⁴Then Pilate went outside again, and he said to them: “Behold, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may realize that I find no case against him.”

⁵(Then Jesus went out, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he said to them, “Behold the man.”

⁶Therefore, when the high priests and the attendants had seen him, they cried out, saying: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them: “Take him yourselves and crucify him. For I find no case against him.”

⁷The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to the law, he ought to die, for he has made himself the Son of God.”

⁸Therefore, when Pilate had heard this word, he was more fearful.

⁹And he entered into the praetorium again. And he said to Jesus. “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no response.

¹⁰Therefore, Pilate said to him: “Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and I have authority to release you?”

¹¹Jesus responded, “You would not have any authority over me, unless it were given to you from above. For this reason, he who has handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

¹²And from then on, Pilate was seeking to release him. But the Jews were crying out, saying: “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. For anyone who makes himself a king contradicts Caesar.”

¹³Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus outside, and he sat down in the seat of judgment, in a place which is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, it is called the Elevation.

¹⁴Now it was the preparation day of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your king.”

¹⁵But they were crying out: “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests responded, “We have no king except Caesar.”

¹⁶Therefore, he then handed him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.

¹⁷And carrying his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew it is called the Place of the Skull.

¹⁸There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

¹⁹Then Pilate also wrote a title, and he set it above the cross. And it was written: Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.

²⁰Therefore, many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was close to the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.

²¹Then the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, ‘King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’

²²Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³Then the soldiers, when they had crucified him, took his garments, and they made four parts, one part to each soldier, and the tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven from above throughout the whole.

²⁴Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things.

²⁵And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”

²⁷Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.

²⁸After this, Jesus knew that all had been accomplished, so in order that the Scripture might be completed, he said, “I thirst.”

²⁹And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.

³⁰Then Jesus, when he had received the vinegar, said: “It is consummated.” And bowing down his head, he surrendered his spirit.

³¹Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

³²Therefore, the soldiers approached, and, indeed, they broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who was crucified with him.

³³But after they had approached Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

³⁴Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water.

³⁵And he who saw this has offered testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.

³⁶For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “You shall not break a bone of him.”

³⁷And again, another Scripture says: “They shall look upon him, whom they have pierced.”

³⁸Then, after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate so that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission. Therefore, he went and took away the body of Jesus.

³⁹Now Nicodemus also arrived, (who had gone to Jesus at first by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloe, weighing about seventy pounds.

⁴⁰Therefore, they took the body of Jesus, and they bound it with linen cloths and the aromatic spices, just as it is the manner of the Jews to bury.

⁴¹Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden there was a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid.

⁴²Therefore, because of the preparation day of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

John 19

¹Then therefore Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.

²And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head: and they put on him a purple garment.

³And they came to him and said: Hail, king of the Jews. And they gave him blows.

⁴Pilate therefore went forth again and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him.

⁵(Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.

⁶When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.

⁷The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

⁸When Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared the more.

⁹And he entered into the hall again; and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release thee?

¹¹Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee hath the greater sin.

¹²And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

¹³Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.

¹⁴And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king.

¹⁵But they cried out: Away with him: Away with him: Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.

¹⁶Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him forth.

¹⁷And bearing his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.

¹⁸Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst.

¹⁹And Pilate wrote a title also: and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰This title therefore many of the Jews did read: because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.

²¹Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not: The King of the Jews. But that he said: I am the King of the Jews.

²²Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written.

²³The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took his garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part) and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

²⁴They said then one to another: Let us not cut it but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they have cast lots. And the soldiers indeed did these things.

²⁵Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.

²⁶When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son.

²⁷After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.

²⁸Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.

²⁹Now there was a vessel set there, full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of vinegar about hyssop, put it to his mouth.

³⁰Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.

³¹Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away.

³²The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him.

³³But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

³⁴But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water.

³⁵And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe.

³⁶For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him.

³⁷And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

³⁸And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.

³⁹And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

⁴⁰They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

⁴¹Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid.

⁴²There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus: because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.