John 19 - New King James Version (NKJV)

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(A)

19 So then ^(B)Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. ² And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. ^{3 [a]}Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they ^(C)struck Him with their hands.

⁴ Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, ^(D)that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

Pilate’s Decision

⁵ Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

^{6 (E)}Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, ^(F)“We have a law, and according to ^[b]our law He ought to die, because ^(G)He made Himself the Son of God.”

⁸ Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid, ⁹ and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” ^(H)But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have ^[c]power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, ^(I)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^(J)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

¹² From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. ^(K)Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

^{13 (L)}When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now ^(M)it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

¹⁵ But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, ^(N)“We have no king but Caesar!”

^{16 (O)}Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus ^[d]and led Him away.

The King on a Cross^(P)

^{17 (Q)}And He, bearing His cross, ^(R)went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, ¹⁸ where they crucified Him, and ^(S)two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. ^{19 (T)}Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰ Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

²¹ Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

^{23 (U)}Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. ²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:

^(V)“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”

Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Behold Your Mother

^{25 (W)}Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of ^(X)Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and ^(Y)the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, ^(Z)“Woman, behold your son!” ²⁷ Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her ^(AA)to his own home.

It Is Finished

²⁸ After this, Jesus, ^[e]knowing that all things were now accomplished, ^(AB)that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” ²⁹ Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and ^(AC)they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. ³⁰ So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, ^(AD)“It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

^{31 (AE)}Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, ^(AF)that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a ^(AG)high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. ³² Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. ³³ But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^(AH)blood and water came out. ³⁵ And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is ^(AI)true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may ^(AJ)believe. ³⁶ For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, ^(AK)“Not one of His bones shall be broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says, ^(AL)“They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb^(AM)

^{38 (AN)}After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, ^(AO)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 the body of Jesus. ³⁹ And ^(AP)Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of ^(AQ)myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰ Then they took the body of Jesus, and ^(AR)bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. ⁴¹ 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. ⁴² So ^(AS)there they laid Jesus, ^(AT)because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

Footnotes

1. John 19:3 NU And they came up to Him and said
2. John 19:7 NU the law
3. John 19:10 authority
4. John 19:16 NU omits and led Him away
5. John 19:28 M seeing

Cross references

1. John 19:1 : Matt. 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20
2. John 19:1 : Matt. 20:19; 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 18:33
3. John 19:3 : Is. 50:6
4. John 19:4 : Is. 53:9; John 18:33, 38; 1 Pet. 2:22–24
5. John 19:6 : Acts 3:13
6. John 19:7 : Lev. 24:16
7. John 19:7 : Matt. 26:63–66; John 5:18; 10:33
8. John 19:9 : Is. 53:7; Matt. 27:12, 14; Luke 23:9
9. John 19:11 : [Luke 22:53]; John 7:30
10. John 19:11 : John 3:27; Rom. 13:1
11. John 19:12 : Luke 23:2; John 18:33; Acts 17:7
12. John 19:13 : Deut. 1:17; 1 Sam. 15:24; Prov. 29:25; Is. 51:12; Acts 4:19
13. John 19:14 : Matt. 27:62; John 19:31, 42
14. John 19:15 : [Gen. 49:10]
15. John 19:16 : Matt. 27:26, 31; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:24
16. John 19:17 : Matt. 27:32–56; Mark 15:21–41; Luke 23:26–49
17. John 19:17 : Matt. 27:31, 33; Mark 15:21, 22; Luke 23:26, 33
18. John 19:17 : Num. 15:36; Heb. 13:12
19. John 19:18 : Ps. 22:16–18; Is. 53:12; Matt. 20:19; 26:2
20. John 19:19 : Matt. 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38
21. John 19:23 : Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
22. John 19:24 : Ps. 22:18
23. John 19:25 : Matt. 27:55; Mark 15:40; Luke 2:35; 23:49
24. John 19:25 : Luke 24:18
25. John 19:26 : John 13:23; 20:2; 21:7, 20, 24
26. John 19:26 : John 2:4
27. John 19:27 : Luke 18:28; John 1:11; 16:32; Acts 21:6
28. John 19:28 : Ps. 22:15
29. John 19:29 : Ps. 69:21; Matt. 27:48, 50; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36
30. John 19:30 : Dan. 9:26; Zech. 11:10, 11; John 17:4
31. John 19:31 : Matt. 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54
32. John 19:31 : Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; 10:26
33. John 19:31 : Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6, 7
34. John 19:34 : [1 John 5:6, 8]
35. John 19:35 : John 21:24
36. John 19:35 : [John 20:31]
37. John 19:36 : [Ex. 12:46; Num. 9:12]; Ps. 34:20
38. John 19:37 : Ps. 22:16, 17; Zech. 12:10; 13:6; Rev. 1:7
39. John 19:38 : Matt. 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56
40. John 19:38 : Matt. 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56
41. John 19:38 : [John 7:13; 9:22; 12:42]
42. John 19:39 : John 3:1, 2; 7:50
43. John 19:39 : Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 4:14; Matt. 2:11
44. John 19:40 : Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 7; Acts 5:6
45. John 19:42 : Is. 53:9; Matt. 26:12; Mark 14:8
46. John 19:42 : John 19:14, 31