19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.¹ 19:2 The soldiers² braided³ a crown of thorns⁴ and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.⁵ 19:3 They⁶ came up to him again and again⁷ and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!”⁸ And they struck him repeatedly⁹ in the face.

19:4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish religious leaders,¹⁰ “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation¹¹ against him.” 19:5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.¹² Pilate¹³ said to them, “Look, here is the man!”¹⁴ 19:6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”¹⁵ Pilate said,¹⁶ “You take him and crucify him!¹⁷ For I find no reason for an accusation¹⁸ against him!” 19:7 The Jewish religious leaders¹⁹ replied,²⁰ “We have a law,²¹ and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”²²

19:8 When Pilate heard what they said,²³ he was more afraid than ever,²⁴ 19:9 and he went back into the governor’s residence²⁵ and said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 19:10 So Pilate said,²⁶ “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority²⁷ to release you, and to crucify you?”²⁸ 19:11 Jesus replied, “You would have no authority²⁹ over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you³⁰ is guilty of greater sin.”³¹

19:12 From this point on Pilate tried³² to release him. But the Jewish religious leaders³³ shouted out,³⁴ “If you release this man,³⁵ you are no friend of Caesar!³⁶ Everyone who claims to be a king³⁷ opposes Caesar!” 19:13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat³⁸ in the place called ‘The Stone Pavement’³⁹ (Gabbatha in ⁴⁰Aramaic).⁴¹ 19:14 (Now it was the day of preparation⁴² for the Passover, about noon.⁴³)⁴⁴ Pilate⁴⁵ said to the Jewish religious leaders,⁴⁶ “Look, here is your king!”

19:15 Then they⁴⁷ shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him!⁴⁸ Crucify him!” Pilate asked,⁴⁹ “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!” 19:16 Then Pilate⁵⁰ handed him over⁵¹ to them to be crucified.

So they took Jesus, 19:17 and he went out, carrying his own cross,⁵² to the place called ‘The Place of the Skull’⁵³ (called in Aramaic⁵⁴ Golgotha).⁵⁵ 19:18 There they⁵⁶ crucified him along with two others,⁵⁷ one on each side, with Jesus in the middle. 19:19 Pilate also had a notice⁵⁸ written and placed on the cross.⁵⁹ This is what was written on it:⁶⁰ “Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.” 19:20 So many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem⁶¹ read this notice,⁶² because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic,⁶³ Latin, and Greek. 19:21 Then the chief priests of the Jews⁶⁴ said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews’.” 19:22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

19:23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothing and made four shares, one for each soldier,⁶⁵ and the tunic⁶⁶ remained. (Now the tunic⁶⁷ was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)⁶⁸ 19:24 So the soldiers said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but throw dice⁶⁹ to see who will get it.”⁷⁰ This took place⁷¹ to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided up my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”⁷² So the soldiers did these things.

19:25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.⁷³ 19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, look, here is your son!” 19:27 He then said to his disciple, “Look, here is your mother!” From that very time⁷⁴ the disciple took her into his own home.

19:28 After this Jesus, because he knew that by this time⁷⁵ everything was completed,⁷⁶ to fulfill the scripture,⁷⁷ said, “I am thirsty.”⁷⁸ 19:29 A jar full of sour wine⁷⁹ was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop⁸⁰ and lifted it⁸¹ to Jesus’⁸² mouth. 19:30 So when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,”⁸³ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.⁸⁴

19:31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath⁸⁵ (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),⁸⁶ the Jewish religious authorities⁸⁷ asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken⁸⁸ and the bodies taken down.⁸⁹ 19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus,⁹⁰ first the one and then the other.⁹¹ 19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced⁹² his side with a spear, and blood and water⁹³ flowed out immediately. 19:35 And the person who saw it⁹⁴ has testified (and his testimony is true, and he⁹⁵ knows that he is telling the truth),⁹⁶ so that you also may believe. 19:36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.”⁹⁷ 19:37 And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”⁹⁸

19:38 After this Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish authorities⁹⁹),¹⁰⁰ asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate¹⁰¹ gave him permission, so he went and took away the body.¹⁰² 19:39 Nicodemus, who had come to Jesus¹⁰³ earlier at night,¹⁰⁴ went with Joseph¹⁰⁵ too, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes¹⁰⁶ weighing seventy-five pounds.¹⁰⁷ 19:40 So they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth¹⁰⁸ according to Jewish burial customs.¹⁰⁹ 19:41 Now at the place where Jesus¹¹⁰ was crucified there was a garden,¹¹¹ and in the garden¹¹² was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.¹¹³ 19:42 So because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby,¹¹⁴ they laid Jesus there.