John 19

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified

1 Then Pilate took Jesus and q flogged him. 2 r And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that s I find no guilt in him." 5 So Jesus came out, wearing t the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, u "Behold the man!" 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, v "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for w I find no guilt in him." 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and x according to that law he ought to die because y he has made himself the Son of God." 8 When Pilate heard this statement, z he was even more afraid. 9 a He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, b "Where are you from?" But c Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?" 11 Jesus answered him, d "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore e he who delivered me over to you f has the greater sin."

12 From then on g Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. h Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar." 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on i the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic 1 Gabbatha. 14 Now it was j the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. 2 He said to the Jews, k "Behold your King!" 15 They cried out, l "Away 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."

The Crucifixion

16 m So he n delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and o he went out, p bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 q There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate r also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." 20 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for s the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'" 22 Pilate answered, t "What I have written I have written."

23 u When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. 3 But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

24 so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." v This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,
w "They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots."
So the soldiers did these things, 25 x but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and y the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, z "Woman, behold, your son!" 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to a his own home.

The Death of Jesus

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now b finished, said ( v to fulfill the Scripture), c "I thirst." 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, d so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, e "It is finished," and he bowed his head and f gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was g the day of Preparation, and h so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was i a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other j who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out k blood and water. 35 l He who saw it has borne witness - m his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth - n that you also may believe. 36 o For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: p "Not one of his bones q will be broken." 37 And again another Scripture says, r "They will look on him whom they have pierced."

Jesus Is Buried

38 s After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly t for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 u Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus 4 by night, came v bringing a mixture of w myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds 5 in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and x bound it in y linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a z garden, and a in the garden a new tomb b in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish c day of Preparation, d since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 20:19
    And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
    Matthew 27:26
    Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
    Mark 15:15
    So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
    Luke 23:16
    I will therefore punish and release him.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 27:27 - 30
    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
    Mark 15:16 - 19
    And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
  3. Cross References
    John 19:6
    When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.
    John 18:38
    Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, "I find no guilt in him.
  4. Cross References
    John 19:2
    And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.
  5. Cross References
    John 19:14
    Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!
  6. Cross References
    John 18:31
    Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.
  7. Cross References
    John 19:4
    Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:16
    Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
    John 10:33
    The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.
  9. Cross References
    John 5:17 - 18
    But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working.
    John 10:36
    Do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
    Luke 22:70
    So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" And he said to them, "You say that I am.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 27:19
    Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
  11. Cross References
    John 18:33
    So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?
  12. Cross References
    John 7:27
    But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.
  13. Cross References
    John 18:37
    Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 13:1
    Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
  15. Cross References
    John 18:14
    It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
    John 18:28 - 32
    Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
    Matthew 27:2
    And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.
  16. Cross References
    John 9:41
    Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
  17. Cross References
    Acts 3:13
    The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
  18. Cross References
    Luke 23:2
    And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
  19. Cross References
    Matthew 27:19
    Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
  20. Cross References
    John 18:28
    Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
    Matthew 27:62
    The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
  21. Cross References
    John 19:5
    So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!
  22. Cross References
    Luke 23:18
    But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
    Acts 21:36
    For the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 27:26
    Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
    Mark 15:15
    So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
    Luke 23:25
    He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
  24. Cross References
    John 18:36 - 40
    Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.
  25. Cross References
    Matthew 27:33
    And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
    Mark 15:22
    And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
    Luke 23:33
    And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
  26. Cross References
    Luke 14:27
    Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
    Matthew 27:32
    As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
    Mark 15:21
    And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
    Luke 23:26
    And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
  27. Cross References
    Matthew 27:38
    Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
    Mark 15:24
    And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
    Mark 15:27
    And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
    Luke 23:32 - 33
    Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
  28. Cross References
    Matthew 27:37
    And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
    Mark 15:26
    And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews.
    Luke 23:38
    There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews.
  29. Cross References
    John 19:17
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
    Numbers 15:35 - 36
    And the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
    Hebrews 13:12
    So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 43:14
    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
    Esther 4:16
    "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."
  31. Cross References
    Matthew 27:35
    And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
    Mark 15:24
    And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
    Luke 23:34
    And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.
  32. Cross References
    John 13:18
    I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 22:18
    They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 22:18
    They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
  35. Cross References
    Matthew 27:55 - 56
    There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
    Mark 15:40 - 41
    There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
    Luke 23:49
    And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
  36. Cross References
    John 13:23
    One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus.
  37. Cross References
    John 2:4
    And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
  38. Cross References
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
  39. Cross References
    John 19:30
    When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
  40. Cross References
    John 19:24
    So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." So the soldiers did these things.
  41. Cross References
    Psalms 69:21
    They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
    John 4:6 - 7
    Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  42. Cross References
    Matthew 27:48
    And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
    Mark 15:36
    And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
    Luke 23:36
    The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
  43. Cross References
    John 19:28
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst.
    Acts 13:29
    And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
    John 17:4
    I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
  44. Cross References
    Matthew 27:50
    And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
    Mark 15:37
    And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.
    Luke 23:46
    Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.
  45. Cross References
    John 19:14
    Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!
  46. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:23
    His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
    Joshua 8:29
    And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
    Joshua 10:26 - 27
    And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.
  47. Cross References
    Exodus 12:16
    On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.
  48. Cross References
    John 19:18
    There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
  49. Cross References
    1 John 5:6
    This is he who came by water and blood - Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
    1 John 5:8
    The Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
  50. Cross References
    1 John 1:1 - 3
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
    Revelation 1:2
    Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
    John 15:27
    And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  51. Cross References
    John 21:24
    This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
  52. Cross References
    John 20:31
    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  53. Cross References
    Matthew 1:22
    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
  54. Cross References
    Exodus 12:46
    It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.
    1 Corinthians 5:7
    Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  55. Cross References
    Psalms 34:20
    He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
  56. Cross References
    Exodus 12:46
    It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.
  57. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
    Revelation 1:7
    Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
  58. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
  59. Cross References
    John 19:38 - 42
    After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
    Matthew 27:57 - 61
    When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
    Mark 15:42 - 47
    And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.
    Luke 23:50 - 56
    Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.
  60. Cross References
    John 7:13
    Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
  61. Cross References
    John 19:38 - 42
    After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
    Matthew 27:57 - 61
    When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
    Mark 15:42 - 47
    And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.
    Luke 23:50 - 56
    Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.
  62. Cross References
    John 3:1 - 2
    Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
    John 7:50
    Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them.
  63. Cross References
    Mark 16:1
    When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
    Luke 24:1
    But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
  64. Cross References
    Psalms 45:8
    Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
    Proverbs 7:17
    I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
    Song of Solomon 4:14
    Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices -
  65. Cross References
    John 11:44
    The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go.
    2 Chronicles 16:14
    They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
    Acts 5:6
    The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
  66. Cross References
    John 20:5 - 7
    And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
    Luke 24:12
    But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
  67. Cross References
    John 20:15
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.
  68. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:18
    And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.
    2 Kings 21:26
    And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
  69. Cross References
    Luke 23:53
    Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
    Mark 11:2
    And said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.
  70. Cross References
    John 19:14
    Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!
    John 19:31
    Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
  71. Cross References
    John 19:41
    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.
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