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| 1Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. | 1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. |
| 2And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. | 2The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. |
| 3They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. | 3They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face. |
| 4Pilate 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.” | 4Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him." |
| 5So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” | 5So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!" |
| 6When 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.” | 6When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!" |
| 7The 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.” | 7The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!" |
| 8When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. | 8When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever, |
| 9He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. | 9and he went back into the governor's residence and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. |
| 10So 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?” | 10So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?" |
| 11Jesus 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.” | 11Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin." |
| 12From 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.” | 12From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!" |
| 13So 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. | 13When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called "The Stone Pavement" (Gabbatha in Aramaic). |
| 14Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” | 14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!" |
| 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.” | 15Then they shouted out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked, "Shall I crucify your king?" The high priests replied, "We have no king except Caesar!" |
| 16So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, | 16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. The Crucifixion So they took Jesus, |
| 17and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. | 17and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha). |
| 18There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. | 18There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle. |
| 19Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” | 19Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews." |
| 20Many 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. | 20Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. |
| 21So 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.’” | 21Then 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.'" |
| 22Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” | 22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." |
| 23When 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, | 23Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.) |
| 24so 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, | 24So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice." So the soldiers did these things. |
| 25but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. | 25Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. |
| 26When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” | 26So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!" |
| 27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. | 27He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home. |
| 28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” | 28After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!" |
| 29A 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. | 29A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth. |
| 30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. | 30When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
| 31Since 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. | 31Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down. |
| 32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. | 32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other. |
| 33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. | 33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. |
| 34But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. | 34But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately. |
| 35He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. | 35And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe. |
| 36For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” | 36For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, "Not a bone of his will be broken." |
| 37And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” | 37And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced." |
| 38After 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. | 38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. |
| 39Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. | 39Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. |
| 40So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. | 40Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. |
| 41Now 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. | 41Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. |
| 42So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. | 42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there. |
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