So Pilate then took Jesus and 1ahad Him flogged.Lit flogged HimMatt 27:26 2 aAnd the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple 1cloak on Him;I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloakMatt 27:27-30: <IT>Mark 15:16-19</IT> 3 and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “aHail, King of the Jews!” and bslapped Him in the face again and again.Matt 27:29; Mark 15:18John 18:22 4 And then Pilate acame out again and *said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you so that you will know that bI find no grounds at all for charges in 1His case.”Lit HimJohn 18:33, 38Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:6 5 Jesus then came out, awearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!”John 19:2 6 So when the chief priests and the aofficers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for bI find no grounds for charges in 1His case!”Lit HimMatt 26:58; John 18:3Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:4 7 The Jews answered him, “aWe have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He bmade Himself out to be the Son of God!”Lev 24:16; Matt 26:63-66John 5:18; 10:33
8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; 9 and he aentered the 1Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But bJesus gave him no answer.I.e., governor’s official residenceJohn 18:33Matt 26:63; 27:12, 14; John 18:34-37 10 So Pilate *said to Him, “Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” 11 Jesus answered him, “aYou would have no authority 1over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason bthe one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”Lit againstRom 13:1John 18:13f, 28ff; Acts 3:13 12 As a result of this, Pilate 1made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “aIf you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king 2opposes Caesar!”Lit was seeking toOr speaks againstLuke 23:2; John 18:33ff
13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and asat down on the judgment seat at a place called 1The Pavement—but bin 2Hebrew, Gabbatha.Gr LithostrotosI.e., Jewish AramaicMatt 27:19John 5:2; 19:17, 20 14 Now it was athe day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 1bsixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Look, cyour King!”I.e., about noonMatt 27:62; John 19:31, 42Matt 27:45; Mark 15:25John 19:19, 21 15 So they shouted, “aAway with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”Luke 23:18
16 So he then ahanded Him over to them to be crucified.Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25
17 aThey took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, 1bcarrying His own cross, to the place called cthe Place of a Skull, which din 2Hebrew is called, Golgotha.Or carrying the cross by HimselfI.e., Jewish AramaicJohn 19:17-24: <IT>Matt 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:33-43</IT>Matt 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 14:27; 23:26Luke 23:33John 19:13 18 There they crucified Him, and with Him atwo other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.Luke 23:32 19 Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “aJESUS THE NAZARENE, bTHE KING OF THE JEWS.”Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38John 19:14, 21 20 Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ain 1Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek.I.e., Jewish AramaicJohn 19:13 21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘aThe King of the Jews’; rather, write that He said, ‘I am bKing of the Jews.’”John 19:14, 19 22 Pilate answered, “aWhat I have written, I have written.”Gen 43:14; Esth 4:16
23 Then athe soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made bfour parts: a part to each soldier, and the 1tunic also; but the tunic was seamless, woven 2in one piece.A long shirt worn next to the skinLit from the upper part through the wholeMatt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34Acts 12:4 24 So they said to one another, “aLet’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be.” bThis happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “THEY cDIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEMSELVES, AND THEY CAST 1LOTS FOR MY CLOTHING.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.Lit a lotEx 28:32; Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34John 19:28, 36fPs 22:18
25 aNow beside the cross of Jesus stood bHis mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and cMary Magdalene.Matt 27:55f; Mark 15:40f; Luke 23:49Matt 12:46Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 18 26 So when Jesus saw His mother, and athe disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “bWoman, behold, your son!”John 13:23John 2:4 27 Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into ahis own household.Luke 18:28; John 1:11; 16:32; Acts 21:6
28 After this, Jesus, aknowing that all things had already been accomplished, bin order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, *said, “cI am thirsty.”John 13:1; 17:4John 19:24, 36fPs 69:21 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so athey put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.John 19:29, 30: <IT>Matt 27:48, 50; Mark 15:36f; Luke 23:36</IT> 30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “aIt is finished!” And He bowed His head and bgave up His spirit.John 17:4Matt 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46
31 Now then, since it was athe day of preparation, to prevent bthe bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath 1(for that Sabbath was a chigh day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away.Lit for the day of that Sabbath was greatJohn 19:14, 42Deut 21:23; Josh 8:29; 10:26fEx 12:16 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was acrucified with Him;John 19:18 33 but after they came to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 Yet one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ablood and water came out.1 John 5:6, 8 35 And he who has seen has atestified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.John 15:27; 21:24 36 For these things took place aso that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “bNOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE 1BROKEN.”Or crushed; or shatteredJohn 19:24, 28Ex 12:46; Num 9:12; Ps 34:20 37 And again another Scripture says, “aTHEY WILL LOOK AT HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED.”Zech 12:10; Rev 1:7
38 Now aafter these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a bsecret one for cfear of the 1Jews, requested of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.I.e., the Jewish leadersJohn 19:38-42: <IT>Matt 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56</IT>Mark 15:43John 7:13 39 aNicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bbringing a 1mixture of cmyrrh and aloes, about a 2dhundred litras weight.Two early mss package ofI.e., Roman libras (about 75 lb. or 34 kg)John 3:1Mark 16:1Ps 45:8; Prov 7:17; Song 4:14; Matt 2:11John 12:3 40 So they took the body of Jesus and abound it in blinen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.Matt 26:12; Mark 14:8; John 11:44Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 7 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a anew tomb bin which no one had yet been laid.Matt 27:60Luke 23:53 42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of apreparation, since the tomb was bnearby, they laid Jesus there.John 19:14, 31John 19:20, 41