14 It was the day of Preparation(A) of the Passover; it was about noon.(B)

“Here is your king,”(C) Pilate said to the Jews.

15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.(D)

The Crucifixion of Jesus(E)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross,(F) he went out to the place of the Skull(G) (which in Aramaic(H) is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others(I)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,(J) the king of the jews.(K) 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,(L) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”(M)

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

23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled(N) that said,

“They divided my clothes among them
    and cast lots for my garment.”[a](O)

So this is what the soldiers did.

25 Near the cross(P) of Jesus stood his mother,(Q) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(R) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(S) there, and the disciple whom he loved(T) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

The Death of Jesus(U)

28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished,(V) and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,(W) Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar(X) was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”(Y) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(Z) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(AA) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.(AB) 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced(AC) Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.(AD) 35 The man who saw it(AE) has given testimony, and his testimony is true.(AF) He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled:(AG) “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c](AH) 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[d](AI)

The Burial of Jesus(AJ)

38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.(AK) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(AL) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[e] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.(AM) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(AN) 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation(AO) and since the tomb was nearby,(AP) they laid Jesus there.

The Empty Tomb(AQ)

20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene(AR) went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.(AS) So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,(AT) and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”(AU)

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.(AV) Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in(AW) at the strips of linen(AX) lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head.(AY) The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,(AZ) also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture(BA) that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)(BB) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb(BC) 12 and saw two angels in white,(BD) seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”(BE)

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”(BF) 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,(BG) but she did not realize that it was Jesus.(BH)

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?(BI) Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,(BJ) “Rabboni!”(BK) (which means “Teacher”).

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(BL) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(BM) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Footnotes

  1. John 19:24 Psalm 22:18
  2. John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  3. John 19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20
  4. John 19:37 Zech. 12:10
  5. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms

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