 1 Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and flogged+ Him. 2 And the soldiers made+ a crown of thorns and put it on His head and they put a purple robe on Him 3 and said: Hail King of the Jews. And they struck+ Him with their hands. 4 Pilate then+ went out+ to them again and said: Behold I bring Him out+ to you so that you may know that I find no fault in Him. 5 Then Jesus came out+ wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them: Behold the man. 6 Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out saying: Crucify Him. Crucify Him. Pilate said to them: You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him. 7 The Jews answered Pilate: We have a law, and by our law He ought to die because He made Himself the Son of God. 8 Therefore, when Pilate heard that word, he was even more afraid 9 and went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus: Where are you from? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Then Pilate said to Him: Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority+ and power to crucify you and authority+ and power to release you? 11 Jesus answered: You could have no authority+ or power at all against me unless+ it was given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin. 12 From that time on+ Pilate sought to release Jesus. But the Jews cried out saying: If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. 13 Therefore, when Pilate heard that word, he brought Jesus out+ and he sat on the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 It was the day of preparation for+ the Passover, and about twelve o'clock+ noon He said to the Jews: Behold your King. 15 But they cried out: Away. Away. Crucify Him. Pilate said to them: Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar. 16 Therefore Pilate then delivered Jesus to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him away. 17 Then, bearing His cross, Jesus went to a place called the place of a skull. In Hebrew, the place is called Golgotha. 18 They crucified Him there, and two others with Him, one on either side and Jesus in the middle+ between them. Isaiah 53:12 19 Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross, and the writing was: Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews. 20 Many of the Jews then read this title. For the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. 21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write: The King of the Jews, but that He said: I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered: What I have written I have written. 23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took His garments and made four parts, giving a part to each+ soldier. They also took His coat. But His coat was seamless+, woven from the top throughout. 24 Therefore they said among themselves: Let us not tear+ it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it shall be. They did this so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided+ my clothing+ among them and for my coat+ they cast lots. Therefore the soldiers did these things. Psalm 22:18 25 Now Jesus' mother stood there by the cross, along with His mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple standing by whom He loved, He said to His mother: Woman behold your son. 27 Then He said to the disciple: Behold your mother. From that hour, that disciple took Jesus' mother to be his own. 28 After this, knowing that all things were now accomplished so the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said: I thirst. Psalm 22:15 29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was setting there. So they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it upon a hyssop branch and put it to His mouth. 30 When Jesus had thus+ received the vinegar, He said: It is finished. And He bowed His head and yielded+ up His spirit+. 31 Because it was the day of preparation for that great Sabbath day, and so that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, the Jews therefore begged+ Pilate that their legs might be broken and the bodies taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other man who was crucified with Jesus. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. Psalm 34:20 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear and immediately+ blood and water came out. Zechariah 12:10 35 Now, one who saw this occur has testified+ and his record is true. This witness knows that what he has said is true, so that you might believe. 36 For these things were done so the Scripture would be fulfilled that says: Not one of His bones shall be broken. Psalm 34:20 37 Again another Scripture says: They shall look upon Him whom they pierced. Zechariah 12:10 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus but secretly for fear of the Jews, begged+ Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. And Pilate allowed+ him to do so. Therefore Joseph came and took away Jesus' body. 39 Nicodemus also came forward. He had at first come to Jesus by night, but now he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. 40 Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, as it is the Jews manner to bury. 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 yet been laid. 42 So+ they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day, for the tomb+ was nearby+.
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