‏ John 19

CHAPTER 19

The Crown of Thorns

1Then therefore Pilate took   Jesus and whipped him. 2And the soldiers, having plaited a crown of thorns, placed it upon his   head, and a cloak of purple they put around him. 3And they said, Hail, the king of the Jews! And they gave him slaps. 4[²came forth ³then ⁴again ⁵outside   ¹Pilate], and says to them, See! I bring him to you outside, that you should know that in him not one fault I find. 5[²then came forth   ¹Jesus] outside, wearing the thorny crown, and the purple cloak. And he says to them, Behold the man!

The Jews Ask to Crucify Jesus

6When then [⁶beheld ⁷him ¹the ²chief priests ³and ⁴the ⁵officers], they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify him! [²says ³to them   ¹Pilate], Take him yourselves, and crucify! for I find no [²in ³him ¹fault]. 7[³answered ⁴him ¹The ²Jews], We [²a law ¹have], and according to   our law he ought to die, for [²himself ³a son ⁴of God ¹he made]. 8Then when Pilate heard this   word, more he feared. 9And he entered into the praetorium again, and says   to Jesus, From what place are you?   But Jesus [²an answer ¹gave not] to him. 10Then says Pilate to him, To me you speak not? Do you not know that [²authority ¹I have] to crucify you, and [²authority ¹I have] to release you? 11Jesus answered, You do not have authority in anything against me, except what was given to you from above. On account of this, the one delivering me up to you [²the greater ³sin ¹has]. 12From this Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If this one you should release, you are not a friend   of Caesar. Every one    [²king ¹making himself], speaks against   Caesar. 13  Then Pilate hearing this   word, brought Jesus outside; and he sat upon the rostrum in the place being called Lithostratus, but in Hebrew Gabbatha. 14And it was preparation of the passover, [⁴hour ¹and ²about ³the sixth]; and he says to the Jews, Behold   your king! 15  And they cried out, Take him, take him! Crucify him! [²says ³to them   ¹Pilate],   [²your king ¹Shall I crucify]? [³answered ¹The ²chief priests], We have no king except Caesar. 16Then therefore he delivered him up to them that he should be crucified. And they took   Jesus, and led him.

The Crucifixion

17And bearing   his cross, he came forth unto the [²being called ³of the Skull ¹place], which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha; 18where they crucified him, and with him [²others ¹two], one here on this side  and one here on that side, [³in the middle ¹and   ²Jesus]. 19[³wrote ¹And ⁴also ⁵a title   ²Pilate], and put it  upon the cross. And was written, Jesus the Nazarene the King of the Jews. 20This [²then   ¹title] many [³read ¹of the ²Jews], for [³was near ¹the ²place] the city where Jesus was crucified; and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman. 21[⁶said ¹then   ⁷to Pilate ²the ³chief priests ⁴of the ⁵Jews], Write not, The King of the Jews! but that, That one said, I am king of the Jews. 22Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.

The Soldiers Cast Lots

23Then the soldiers when they crucified   Jesus, took   his garments, (and they made four parts, to each soldier a part), and the inner garment; [⁴was ¹but ²the ³inner garment] seamless, from the top woven through entire. 24They said then to one another, We should not split it, but obtain by lot for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture should be fulfilled, the one saying, They divided into parts   my garments among themselves, and over   my clothes they cast a lot.   Then indeed the soldiers did these things. 25And stood by the cross   of Jesus   his mother, and the sister   of his mother, Mary the one of Klopas, and Mary the Magdalene. 26Jesus then seeing   his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, says to  his mother, O woman, Behold   your son. 27Then he says to the disciple, Behold,   your mother. And from that   hour [³took ⁴her ¹the ²disciple] for his own.

Jesus Delivers Up His Spirit

28After this, Jesus knowing that all things  already have been finished, that [³should be perfected ¹the ²scripture], says, I thirst. 29A utensil then was situated [²of vinegar ¹full]; and the ones having filled a sponge with vinegar, and [²hyssop ¹putting on], brought it near his   mouth. 30When therefore [²took ³the ⁴vinegar   ¹Jesus], he said, It has been finished; and having leaned the head, he delivered up the spirit. 31Then the Jews (that [³should not ⁴remain ⁵upon ⁶the ⁷cross ¹the ²bodies] during the Sabbath, since it was preparation, [³was ¹for ⁴a great   ⁵day ²that] of the Sabbath) asked   Pilate that [³should be broken ¹their   ²legs], and they should be taken away. 32Then came the soldiers. And the first one they broke the legs, and the other   being crucified along with him. 33[³unto ¹But   ⁴Jesus ²having come], when they saw him already having died, they did not break his   legs. 34But one of the soldiers with a lance [²his   ³side ¹pierced], and immediately came forth blood and water. 35And the one seeing bears witness, and [⁴true ³is   ²testimony ¹his]; and that one knows that [²true ¹he speaks], that you should believe. 36[³took place ¹For ²these things], that the scripture should be fulfilled, Not a bone of his shall be broken. 37And again another scripture says, They shall look on whom they pierced.

The Burial of Jesus

38And after these things  [⁴asked   ⁵Pilate   ¹Joseph   ²of ³Arimathea] (being a disciple   of Jesus, but being hidden for the fear of the Jews) that he should take the body   of Jesus; and Pilate committed it to his care. Then he came, and took the body   of Jesus. 39And came also Nicodemus (the one coming to   Jesus by night   at first) bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloe, about [²liters ¹a hundred]. 40They then took the body   of Jesus, and tied it with small pieces of cloth with the aromatics, as is custom with the Jews to embalm. 41[³was ¹And ⁴in ⁵the ⁶place ⁷where ⁸he was crucified ²a garden], and in the garden [²sepulchre ¹a new], in which not yet was anyone placed. 42There then (because of the preparation of the Jews, for [³was near ¹the ²sepulchre]) they placed   Jesus.