John 19 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Crown of Thorns

19 So Pilate then took Jesus and ^[a](A)had Him flogged. ^{2 (B)}And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple ^[b]cloak on Him; ³ and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “^(C)Hail, King of the Jews!” and ^(D)slapped Him in the face again and again. ⁴ And then Pilate ^(E)came out again and *said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you so that you will know that ^(F)I find no grounds at all for charges in ^[c]His case.” ⁵ Jesus then came out, ^(G)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” ⁶ So when the chief priests and the ^(H)officers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for ^(I)I find no grounds for charges in ^[d]His case!” ⁷ The Jews answered him, “^(J)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He ^(K)made Himself out to be the Son of God!”

⁸ Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; ⁹ and he ^(L)entered the ^[e]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(M)Jesus gave him no answer. 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, “^(N)You would have no authority ^[f]over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason ^(O)the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.” ¹² As a result of this, Pilate ^[g]made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “^(P)If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king ^[h]opposes Caesar!”

¹³ Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ^(Q)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called ^[i]The Pavement—but ^(R)in ^[j]Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was ^(S)the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the ^[k](T)sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Look, ^(U)your King!” ¹⁵ So they shouted, “^(V)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 except Caesar.”

The Crucifixion

¹⁶ So he then ^(W)handed Him over to them to be crucified.

^{17 (X)}They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ^[l](Y)carrying His own cross, to the place called ^(Z)the Place of a Skull, which ^(AA)in ^[m]Hebrew is called, Golgotha. ¹⁸ There they crucified Him, and with Him ^(AB)two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. ¹⁹ Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “^(AC)JESUS THE NAZARENE, ^(AD)THE KING OF THE JEWS.” ²⁰ Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^(AE)in ^[n]Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘^(AF)The King of the Jews’; rather, write that He said, ‘I am ^(AG)King of the Jews.’” ²² Pilate answered, “^(AH)What I have written, I have written.”

²³ Then ^(AI)the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ^(AJ)four parts: a part to each soldier, and the ^[o]tunic also; but the tunic was seamless, woven ^[p]in one piece. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “^(AK)Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be.” ^(AL)This happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “They ^(AM)divided My garments among themselves, and they cast ^[q]lots for My clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.

^{25 (AN)}Now beside the cross of Jesus stood ^(AO)His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ^(AP)Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ So when Jesus saw His mother, and ^(AQ)the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “^(AR)Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into ^(AS)his own household.

²⁸ After this, Jesus, ^(AT)knowing that all things had already been accomplished, ^(AU)in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, *said, “^(AV)I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^(AW)they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. ³⁰ Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “^(AX)It is finished!” And He bowed His head and ^(AY)gave up His spirit.

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹ Now then, since it was ^(AZ)the day of preparation, to prevent ^(BA)the bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath (^[r]for that Sabbath was a ^(BB)high day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was ^(BC)crucified with Him; 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 ^(BD)blood and water came out. ³⁵ And he who has seen has ^(BE)testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ For these things took place ^(BF)so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “^(BG)Not a bone of Him shall be ^[s]broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says, “^(BH)They will look at Him whom they pierced.”

³⁸ Now ^(BI)after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a ^(BJ)secret one for ^(BK)fear of the ^[t]Jews, requested of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. ^{39 (BL)}Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^(BM)bringing a ^[u]mixture of ^(BN)myrrh and aloes, about a ^[v](BO)hundred litras weight. ⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and ^(BP)bound it in ^(BQ)linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. ⁴¹ Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a ^(BR)new tomb ^(BS)in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴² Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^(BT)preparation, since the tomb was ^(BU)nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Footnotes

1. John 19:1 Lit flogged Him
2. John 19:2 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak
3. John 19:4 Lit Him
4. John 19:6 Lit Him
5. John 19:9 I.e., governor’s official residence
6. John 19:11 Lit against
7. John 19:12 Lit was seeking to
8. John 19:12 Or speaks against
9. John 19:13 Gr Lithostrotos
10. John 19:13 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
11. John 19:14 I.e., about noon
12. John 19:17 Or carrying the cross by Himself
13. John 19:17 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
14. John 19:20 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
15. John 19:23 A long shirt worn next to the skin
16. John 19:23 Lit from the upper part through the whole
17. John 19:24 Lit a lot
18. John 19:31 Lit for the day of that Sabbath was great
19. John 19:36 Or crushed; or shattered
20. John 19:38 I.e., the Jewish leaders
21. John 19:39 Two early mss package of
22. John 19:39 I.e., Roman libras (about 75 lb. or 34 kg)

Cross references

1. John 19:1 : Matt 27:26
2. John 19:2 : Matt 27:27-30: Mark 15:16-19
3. John 19:3 : Matt 27:29; Mark 15:18
4. John 19:3 : John 18:22
5. John 19:4 : John 18:33, 38
6. John 19:4 : Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:6
7. John 19:5 : John 19:2
8. John 19:6 : Matt 26:58; John 18:3
9. John 19:6 : Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:4
10. John 19:7 : Lev 24:16; Matt 26:63-66
11. John 19:7 : John 5:18; 10:33
12. John 19:9 : John 18:33
13. John 19:9 : Matt 26:63; 27:12, 14; John 18:34-37
14. John 19:11 : Rom 13:1
15. John 19:11 : John 18:13f, 28ff; Acts 3:13
16. John 19:12 : Luke 23:2; John 18:33ff
17. John 19:13 : Matt 27:19
18. John 19:13 : John 5:2; 19:17, 20
19. John 19:14 : Matt 27:62; John 19:31, 42
20. John 19:14 : Matt 27:45; Mark 15:25
21. John 19:14 : John 19:19, 21
22. John 19:15 : Luke 23:18
23. John 19:16 : Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25
24. John 19:17 : John 19:17-24: Matt 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:33-43
25. John 19:17 : Matt 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 14:27; 23:26
26. John 19:17 : Luke 23:33
27. John 19:17 : John 19:13
28. John 19:18 : Luke 23:32
29. John 19:19 : Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38
30. John 19:19 : John 19:14, 21
31. John 19:20 : John 19:13
32. John 19:21 : John 19:14, 19
33. John 19:21 : John 19:14, 19
34. John 19:22 : Gen 43:14; Esth 4:16
35. John 19:23 : Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
36. John 19:23 : Acts 12:4
37. John 19:24 : Ex 28:32; Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
38. John 19:24 : John 19:28, 36f
39. John 19:24 : Ps 22:18
40. John 19:25 : Matt 27:55f; Mark 15:40f; Luke 23:49
41. John 19:25 : Matt 12:46
42. John 19:25 : Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 18
43. John 19:26 : John 13:23
44. John 19:26 : John 2:4
45. John 19:27 : Luke 18:28; John 1:11; 16:32; Acts 21:6
46. John 19:28 : John 13:1; 17:4
47. John 19:28 : John 19:24, 36f
48. John 19:28 : Ps 69:21
49. John 19:29 : John 19:29, 30: Matt 27:48, 50; Mark 15:36f; Luke 23:36
50. John 19:30 : John 17:4
51. John 19:30 : Matt 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46
52. John 19:31 : John 19:14, 42
53. John 19:31 : Deut 21:23; Josh 8:29; 10:26f
54. John 19:31 : Ex 12:16
55. John 19:32 : John 19:18
56. John 19:34 : 1 John 5:6, 8
57. John 19:35 : John 15:27; 21:24
58. John 19:36 : John 19:24, 28
59. John 19:36 : Ex 12:46; Num 9:12; Ps 34:20
60. John 19:37 : Zech 12:10; Rev 1:7
61. John 19:38 : John 19:38-42: Matt 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56
62. John 19:38 : Mark 15:43
63. John 19:38 : John 7:13
64. John 19:39 : John 3:1
65. John 19:39 : Mark 16:1
66. John 19:39 : Ps 45:8; Prov 7:17; Song 4:14; Matt 2:11
67. John 19:39 : John 12:3
68. John 19:40 : Matt 26:12; Mark 14:8; John 11:44
69. John 19:40 : Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 7
70. John 19:41 : Matt 27:60
71. John 19:41 : Luke 23:53
72. John 19:42 : John 19:14, 31
73. John 19:42 : John 19:20, 41