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1 Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and whipped. Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
2 The soldiers twisted some thorny branches into a crown, placed it on his head, and put a purple cape on him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe
3 They went up to him, said, |Long live the king of the Jews!| and slapped his face. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
4 Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, |I'm bringing him out to you to let you know that I don't find this man guilty of anything.| 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.” Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
5 Jesus went outside. He was wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cape. Pilate said to the Jews, |Look, here's the man!| So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 When the chief priests and the guards saw Jesus, they shouted, |Crucify him! Crucify him!| Pilate told them, |You take him and crucify him. I don't find this man guilty of anything.| 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.” As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
7 The Jews answered Pilate, |We have a law, and by that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God.| The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard them say that, he became more afraid than ever. When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid,
9 He went into the palace again and asked Jesus, |Where are you from?| But Jesus didn't answer him. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.
10 So Pilate said to Jesus, |Aren't you going to answer me? Don't you know that I have the authority to free you or to crucify you?| 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?” “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
11 Jesus answered Pilate, |You wouldn't have any authority over me if it hadn't been given to you from above. That's why the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.| Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
12 When Pilate heard what Jesus said, he wanted to free him. But the Jews shouted, |If you free this man, you're not a friend of the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is defying the emperor.| From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard what they said, he took Jesus outside and sat on the judge's seat in a place called Stone Pavement. (In Hebrew it is called [Gabbatha].) So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha. When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha).
14 The time was about six o'clock in the morning on the Friday of the Passover festival. Pilate said to the Jews, |Look, here's your king!| Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
15 Then the Jews shouted, |Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!| Pilate asked them, |Should I crucify your king?| The chief priests responded, |The emperor is the only king we have!| They cried out, “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.” But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
16 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took Jesus. So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.
17 He carried his own cross and went out [of the city] to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called [Golgotha].) and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
18 The soldiers crucified Jesus and two other men there. Jesus was in the middle. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate wrote a notice and put it on the cross. The notice read, |Jesus from Nazareth, the king of the Jews.| Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
20 Many Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
21 The chief priests of the Jewish people told Pilate, |Don't write, 'The king of the Jews!' Instead, write, 'He said that he is the king of the Jews.'| 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.’” The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
22 Pilate replied, |I have written what I've written.| Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them four ways so that each soldier could have a share. His robe was left over. It didn't have a seam because it had been woven in one piece from top to bottom. When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24 The soldiers said to each other, |Let's not rip it apart. Let's throw dice to see who will get it.| In this way the Scripture came true: |They divided my clothes among themselves. They threw dice for my clothing.| So that's what the soldiers did. 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, “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” So this is what the soldiers did.
25 Jesus' mother, her sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary from Magdala were standing beside Jesus' cross. but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there. He said to his mother, |Look, here's your son!| When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,”
27 Then he said to the disciple, |Look, here's your mother!| From that time on she lived with that disciple in his home. Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
28 After this, when Jesus knew that everything had now been finished, he said, |I'm thirsty.| He said this so that Scripture could finally be concluded. After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
29 A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth. A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.
30 After Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said, |It is finished!| Then he bowed his head and died. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Since it was Friday and the next day was an especially important day of worship, the Jews didn't want the bodies to stay on the crosses. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and their bodies removed. 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. Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.
32 The soldiers broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.
33 When the soldiers came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 However, one of the soldiers stabbed Jesus' side with his spear, and blood and water immediately came out. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
35 The one who saw this is an eyewitness. What he says is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth so that you, too, will believe. He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
36 This happened so that the Scripture would come true: |None of his bones will be broken.| For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
37 Another Scripture passage says, |They will look at the person whom they have stabbed.| And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”
38 Later Joseph from the city of Arimathea asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body. (Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but secretly because he was afraid of the Jews). Pilate gave him permission to remove Jesus' body. So Joseph removed it. 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. Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.
39 Nicodemus, the one who had first come to Jesus at night, went with Joseph and brought 75 pounds of a myrrh and aloe mixture. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
40 These two men took the body of Jesus and bound it with strips of linen. They laced the strips with spices. This was the Jewish custom for burial. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
41 A garden was located in the place where Jesus was crucified. In that garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed. 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. At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.
42 Joseph and Nicodemus put Jesus in that tomb, since that day was the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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