John 19

1So Pilate then took Jesus and flogged him.Cross-references: Ps 129:3 · Isa 50:6 · Isa 53:5 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 23:34 · Matt 27:26 · +10 more

2The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.Cross-references: Ps 22:6 · Isa 49:7 · Isa 53:3 · Matt 27:27 · Mark 15:16 · Luke 23:11 · +1 more

3They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.Cross-references: Matt 26:49 · Matt 27:29 · Luke 1:28 · John 18:22 · John 18:33 · John 19:19

4Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”Cross-references: Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:19 · Matt 27:24 · Matt 27:54 · Luke 23:4 · Luke 23:41 · +9 more

5Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”Cross-references: Isa 7:14 · Isa 40:9 · Isa 43:1 · Lam 1:12 · John 1:29 · John 19:2 · +1 more

6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”Cross-references: Matt 27:22 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 15:12 · Luke 22:21 · Luke 23:4 · John 18:31 · +6 more

7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”Cross-references: Lev 24:16 · Deut 18:20 · Matt 26:63 · Matt 27:42 · Mark 14:61 · Mark 15:39 · +5 more

8When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.Cross-references: John 19:13 · Acts 14:11

9He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.Cross-references: Judg 13:6 · Ps 38:13 · Isa 53:7 · Matt 26:63 · Matt 27:12 · Mark 15:3 · +6 more

10Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you and have power to crucify you?”Cross-references: Dan 3:14 · Dan 5:19 · John 18:39

11Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”Cross-references: Gen 45:7 · Ex 9:14 · 1Chr 29:11 · Ps 39:9 · Ps 62:11 · Jer 27:5 · +29 more

12At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”Cross-references: Mark 6:16 · Luke 23:2 · John 18:33 · Acts 17:6 · Acts 24:24

13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”Cross-references: Ps 58:1 · Ps 82:5 · Ps 94:20 · Prov 29:25 · Eccl 5:8 · Isa 51:12 · +7 more

14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”Cross-references: Matt 27:62 · Mark 15:25 · Mark 15:33 · Mark 15:42 · Luke 23:54 · John 19:3 · +4 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

15They 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!”Cross-references: Gen 49:10 · Ezek 21:26 · Luke 23:18 · John 18:31 · John 19:6 · Acts 21:36 · +1 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

16So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.Cross-references: Matt 27:26 · Mark 15:15 · Luke 23:24Examined: The Historical Jesus →

17He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,Cross-references: Lev 16:21 · Lev 24:14 · Num 15:35 · 1Ki 21:13 · Matt 10:38 · Matt 16:24 · +14 more

18where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.Cross-references: Ps 22:16 · Isa 53:12 · Matt 27:35 · Matt 27:44 · Mark 15:24 · Luke 23:32 · +3 more

19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”Cross-references: Matt 27:37 · Mark 15:26 · Luke 23:38 · John 1:45 · John 1:49 · John 18:33 · +6 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

20Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.Cross-references: John 5:2 · John 19:13 · Acts 21:37 · Acts 21:40 · Acts 22:2 · Acts 26:14 · +3 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am King of the Jews.”’”Cross-references: John 19:14 · John 19:19Examined: The Historical Jesus →

22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”Cross-references: Gen 43:14 · Esth 4:16 · Ps 65:7 · Ps 76:10 · Prov 8:29 · John 19:12Examined: The Historical Jesus →

23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.Cross-references: Ex 39:22 · Matt 27:35 · Mark 15:24 · Luke 23:34Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

24Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.Cross-references: Ps 22:18 · Isa 10:7 · John 10:35 · John 12:38 · John 19:28 · John 19:36 · +1 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

25But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.Cross-references: Matt 12:46 · Matt 27:55 · Mark 15:40 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 2:35 · Luke 8:2 · +4 more

26Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”Cross-references: John 2:4 · John 13:23 · John 20:2 · John 21:7 · John 21:20 · John 21:24

27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.Cross-references: Gen 45:8 · Gen 47:12 · Matt 12:48 · Matt 25:40 · Mark 3:34 · John 1:11 · +3 more

28After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty!”Cross-references: Ps 22:15 · Ps 69:21 · Luke 9:31 · Luke 12:50 · Luke 18:31 · Luke 22:37 · +5 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

29Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.Cross-references: Ex 12:22 · Num 19:18 · 1Ki 4:33 · Ps 51:7 · Matt 27:34 · Matt 27:48 · +2 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.Cross-references: Gen 3:15 · Ps 22:15 · Isa 53:10 · Isa 53:12 · Dan 9:24 · Dan 9:26 · +20 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

31Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.Cross-references: Ex 12:16 · Lev 23:7 · Deut 21:22 · Josh 8:29 · Josh 10:26 · Prov 12:10 · +6 more

32Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with him;Cross-references: Luke 23:39 · John 19:18Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

33but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

34However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.Cross-references: Ps 51:7 · Ezek 36:25 · Zech 12:10 · Zech 13:1 · Matt 27:62 · John 13:8 · +15 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

35He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.Cross-references: John 11:15 · John 11:42 · John 14:29 · John 15:27 · John 17:20 · John 19:26 · +8 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

36For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”Cross-references: Ex 12:46 · Num 9:12 · Ps 22:14 · Ps 34:20 · Ps 35:10 · Matt 1:22 · +2 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

37Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”Cross-references: Ps 22:16 · Zech 12:10 · Rev 1:7Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.Cross-references: Prov 29:25 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 15:42 · Luke 23:50 · John 7:13 · John 9:22 · +2 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

39Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.Cross-references: 2Chr 16:14 · Ps 45:8 · Prov 7:17 · Song 4:6 · Song 4:14 · Matt 12:20 · +5 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

40So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.Cross-references: Matt 26:12 · Luke 24:12 · John 11:44 · John 20:5 · Acts 5:6Examined: The Historical Jesus →

41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:30 · Isa 22:16 · Matt 27:60 · Matt 27:64 · Luke 23:53 · John 20:15Examined: The Historical Jesus →

42Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.Cross-references: Ps 22:15 · Isa 53:9 · Matt 12:40 · John 19:14 · John 19:20 · John 19:31 · +4 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →