Pilate then
took
Jesus
and 1 ascourged
Him.
aAnd the soldiers twisted
together a crown
of thorns
and put
it on His head
, and put
a purple
robe
on Him;
and they began to come up to Him and say
, " aHail
, King
of the Jews
!" and to bgive
Him slaps
in the face.
Pilate acame
out again
and *said
to them, "Behold
, I am bringing
Him out to you so
that you may know
that bI find
no
guilt
in Him."
Jesus then
came
out, awearing
the crown
of thorns
and the purple
robe
. Pilate *said
to them, "Behold
, the Man
!"
So when
the chief
priests
and the aofficers
saw
Him, they cried
out saying
, "Crucify
, crucify
!" Pilate
*said
to them, "Take
Him yourselves
and crucify
Him, for bI find
no
guilt
in Him."
The Jews answered
him, " aWe have
a law
, and by that law
He ought
to die
because
He bmade
Himself
out to be the Son
of God
."
Therefore when
Pilate
heard
this
statement
, he was even more
afraid
;
and he aentered into the 1Praetorium
again
and *said
to Jesus
, "Where
are You from?" But bJesus
gave
him no
answer
.
So Pilate
*said
to Him, "You do not speak
to me? Do You not know
that I have
authority
to release
You, and I have
authority
to crucify
You?"
Jesus answered
, " aYou would have
no
authority
1over
Me, unless
it had been
given
you from above
; for this
reason
bhe who delivered
Me to you has
the greater
sin
."
As a result of this
Pilate
1made
efforts
to release
Him, but the Jews
cried
out saying
, " aIf
you release
this
Man
, you are no
friend
of Caesar
; everyone
who makes
himself
out to be a king
2opposes
Caesar
."
Therefore when Pilate
heard
these
words
, he brought
Jesus
out, and asat
down
on the judgment
seat
at a place
called
1The Pavement
, but bin 2Hebrew
, Gabbatha
.
Now it was athe day
of preparation
for the Passover
; it was about
the 1 bsixth
hour
. And he *said
to the Jews
, "Behold
, cyour King
!"
So they cried
out, " aAway
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
."
So he then
ahanded
Him over to them to be crucified
.
aThey took Jesus
, therefore
, and He went
out, 1 bbearing
His own
cross
, to the place called
cthe Place
of a Skull
, which
is called
din 2Hebrew
, Golgotha
.
There they crucified
Him, and with Him atwo
other
men
, one on either
side
, and Jesus
in between
.
Pilate also
wrote
an inscription
and put
it on the cross
. It was written
, " aJESUS
THE NAZARENE
, bTHE KING
OF THE JEWS
."
Therefore many
of the Jews
read
this
inscription
, for the place
where
Jesus
was crucified
was near
the city
; and it was written
ain 1Hebrew
, Latin
and in Greek
.
So the chief
priests
of the Jews
were saying
to Pilate
, "Do not write
, ` aThe King
of the Jews
'; but that He said
, `I am
aKing
of the Jews
.' "
Pilate answered
, " aWhat
I have written
I have written
."
Then athe soldiers
, when
they had crucified
Jesus
, took
His outer
garments
and made
bfour
parts
, a part
to every
soldier
and also the 1tunic
; now
the tunic
was seamless
, woven
2in one
piece
.
So they said
to one
another
, " aLet us not tear
it, but cast
lots
for it, to decide whose
it shall be"; bthis was to fulfill
the Scripture
: "THEY cDIVIDED
MY OUTER
GARMENTS
AMONG
THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING
THEY CAST
1LOTS
."
Therefore the soldiers
did
these
things
.
aBut standing by the cross
of Jesus
were bHis mother
, and His mother's
sister
, Mary
the wife of Clopas
, and cMary
Magdalene
.
When Jesus then
saw
His mother
, and athe disciple
whom
He loved
standing
nearby
, He *said
to His mother
, " bWoman
, behold
, your son
!"
Then He *said
to the disciple
, "Behold
, your mother
!" From that hour
the disciple
took
her into ahis own
household.
After this
, Jesus
, aknowing
that all
things
had already
been accomplished
, bto fulfill
the Scripture
, *said
, " cI am
thirsty
."
A jar full
of sour
wine
was standing
there; so
athey put
a sponge
full
of the sour
wine
upon a branch of hyssop
and brought
it up to His mouth
.
Therefore when
Jesus
had received
the sour
wine
, He said
, " aIt is finished
!" And He bowed
His head
and bgave
up His spirit
.
Then the Jews
, because
it was athe day
of preparation
, so
that bthe bodies
would not remain
on the cross
on the Sabbath
( 1for that Sabbath
was a chigh
day
), asked
Pilate
that their legs
might be broken
, and that they might be taken
away
.
So the soldiers
came
, and broke
the legs
of the first
man
and of the other
who was acrucified
with Him;
but coming to Jesus
, when
they saw
that He was already
dead
, they did not break
His legs
.
But one of the soldiers
pierced
His side
with a spear
, and immediately
ablood
and water
came
out.
And he who has seen has atestified
, and his testimony
is true
; and he knows
that he is telling
the truth
, so
that you also
may believe
.
For these things
came
to pass
ato fulfill
the Scripture
, " bNOT A BONE
OF HIM SHALL BE 1BROKEN
."
And again another
Scripture
says
, " aTHEY SHALL LOOK
ON HIM WHOM
THEY PIERCED
."
aAfter these
things
Joseph
of Arimathea
, being
a disciple
of Jesus
, but a bsecret
one for cfear
of the Jews
, asked
Pilate
that he might take
away
the body
of Jesus
; and Pilate
granted
permission
. So
he came
and took
away
His body
.
aNicodemus, who had first
come
to Him by night
, also
came
, bbringing
a 1mixture
of cmyrrh
and aloes
, about
a dhundred
2pounds
weight.
So they took
the body
of Jesus
and abound
it in blinen
wrappings
with the spices
, as is the burial
custom
of the Jews
.
Now in the place
where
He was crucified
there was a garden
, and in the garden
a anew
tomb
bin which
no
one
had yet
been
laid
.
Therefore because
of the Jewish
day
of apreparation
, since
the tomb
was bnearby
, they laid
Jesus
there
.