1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus , and scourged him . 2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head , and arrayed him in a purple garment ; 3and they came unto him , and said , Hail , King of the Jews ! and they struck him with their hands . 4And Pilate went out again , and saith unto them , Behold , I bring him out to you , that ye may know that I find no crime in him . 5Jesus therefore came out , wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment . And Pilate saith unto them , Behold , the man! 6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him , they cried out , saying , Crucify him , crucify him ! Pilate saith unto them , Take him yourselves , and crucify him : for I find no crime in him . 7The Jews answered him , We have a law , and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God . 8When Pilate therefore heard this saying , he was the more afraid ; 9and he entered into the Prætorium again , and saith unto Jesus , Whence art thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10Pilate therefore saith unto him , Speakest thou not unto me ? knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? 11Jesus answered him , Thou wouldest have no power against me , except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin. 12Upon this Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried out , saying , If thou release this man , thou art not Cæsar ’s friend : every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar . 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 . 14Now it was the Preparation of the passover : it was about the sixth hour . And he saith unto the Jews , Behold , your King ! 15They therefore cried out , Away with him , away with him , crucify him ! Pilate saith unto them , Shall I crucify your King ? The chief priests answered , We have no king but Cæsar . 16Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified .
The Crucifixion
17They took Jesus therefore : and he went out , bearing the cross for himself , unto the place called The place of a skull , which is called in Hebrew Golgotha : 18where they crucified him , and with him two others , on either side one , and Jesus in the midst . 19And Pilate wrote a title also , and put it on the cross . And there was written , JESUS OF NAZARETH , THE KING OF THE JEWS . 20This title therefore read many of the Jews , for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city ; and it was written in Hebrew , and in Latin , and in Greek . 21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate , Write not , The King of the Jews ; but , that he said , I am King of the Jews . 22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written . 23The soldiers therefore , when they had crucified Jesus , took his garments and made four parts , to every soldier a part ; and also the coat : now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout . 24They said therefore one to another , Let us not rend it , but cast lots for it , whose it shall be : that the scripture might be fulfilled , which saith , They parted my garments among them , And upon my vesture did they cast lots . 25These things therefore the soldiers did . But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother , and his mother ’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas , and Mary Magdalene . 26When Jesus therefore saw his mother , and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother , Woman , behold , thy son ! 27Then saith he to the disciple , Behold , thy mother ! And from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home . 28After this Jesus , knowing that all things are now finished , that the scripture might be accomplished , saith , I thirst . 29There was set there a vessel full of vinegar : so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop , and brought it to his mouth . 30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar , he said , It is finished : and he bowed his head , and gave up his spirit .
The Burial of Jesus
31The Jews therefore , because it was the Preparation , that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath ( for the day of that sabbath was a high day ), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken , and that they might be taken away. 32The soldiers therefore came , and brake the legs of the first , and of the other that was crucified with him : 33but when they came to Jesus , and saw that he was dead already , they brake not his legs : 34howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side , and straightway there came out blood and water . 35And he that hath seen hath borne witness , and his witness is true : and he knoweth that he saith true , that ye also may believe . 36For these things came to pass , that the scripture might be fulfilled , A bone of him shall not be broken . 37And again another scripture saith , They shall look on him whom they pierced . 38And after these things Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus , but secretly for fear of the Jews , asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus : and Pilate gave him leave . He came therefore , and took away his body . 39And there came also Nicodemus , he who at the first came to him by night , bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds . 40So they took the body of Jesus , and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury . 41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid . 42There then because of the Jews ’ Preparation ( for the tomb was nigh at hand ) they laid Jesus .