John 19 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Jesus Sentenced to Death

(Mat 27:27–31; Mar 15:16–20 )

Jhn 19:1

Jhn 19:1Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.

Jhn 19:2

Jhn 19:2The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

Jhn 19:3

Jhn 19:3“Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.

Jhn 19:4

Jhn 19:4Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.”

Jhn 19:5

Jhn 19:5Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”

Jhn 19:6

Jhn 19:6When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
“Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.”

Jhn 19:7

Jhn 19:7The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”

Jhn 19:8

Jhn 19:8When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.

Jhn 19:9

Jhn 19:9He took Jesus back into the headquarters[fn] again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.

Jhn 19:10

Jhn 19:10“Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”

Jhn 19:11

Jhn 19:11Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

Jhn 19:12

Jhn 19:12Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’[fn] Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”

Jhn 19:13

Jhn 19:13When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha).

Jhn 19:14

Jhn 19:14It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people,[fn] “Look, here is your king!”

Jhn 19:15

Jhn 19:15“Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!”
“What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.

The Crucifixion

Jhn 19:16

Jhn 19:16Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus away.

(Mat 27:32–56; Mar 15:21–41; Luk 23:26–49 )

Jhn 19:17

Jhn 19:17Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha).

Jhn 19:18

Jhn 19:18There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them.

Jhn 19:19

Jhn 19:19And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth,[fn] the King of the Jews.”

Jhn 19:20

Jhn 19:20The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.

Jhn 19:21

Jhn 19:21Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’”

Jhn 19:22

Jhn 19:22Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.”

Jhn 19:23

Jhn 19:23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

Jhn 19:24

Jhn 19:24So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice[fn] for it.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.”[fn] So that is what they did.

Jhn 19:25

Jhn 19:25Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene.

Jhn 19:26

Jhn 19:26When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.”

Jhn 19:27

Jhn 19:27And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.

The Death of Jesus

Jhn 19:28

Jhn 19:28Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”[fn]

Jhn 19:29

Jhn 19:29A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.

Jhn 19:30

Jhn 19:30When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.

Jhn 19:31

Jhn 19:31It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was the Passover). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.

Jhn 19:32

Jhn 19:32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.

Jhn 19:33

Jhn 19:33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs.

Jhn 19:34

Jhn 19:34One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Jhn 19:35

Jhn 19:35(This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also can believe.[fn])

Jhn 19:36

Jhn 19:36These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[fn]

Jhn 19:37

Jhn 19:37and “They will look on the one they pierced.”[fn]

The Burial of Jesus

(Mat 27:57–61; Mar 15:42–47; Luk 23:50–56 )

Jhn 19:38

Jhn 19:38Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away.

Jhn 19:39

Jhn 19:39With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds[fn] of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.

Jhn 19:40

Jhn 19:40Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth.

Jhn 19:41

Jhn 19:41The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.

Jhn 19:42

Jhn 19:42And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover[fn] and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.