The Soldiers Mock Jesus 1Then Pilate, therefore, took Jesus and scourged him.
2And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorn-branches, and put it upon his head; and they put on him a purple robe,
3and said: Hail, King of the Jews. And they struck him with their open hands.
8Then, when Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid;
9and he went into the governor's palace again, and said to Jesus: Whence are you? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10Then Pilate said to him: Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and authority to release you?
11Jesus answered: You could have no authority over me, had it not been given you from above. Therefore, he that delivered me to you, has the greater sin. 13Then Pilate, when he heard that word, led Jesus out, and sat on the judgment-seat, in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha; 14it was the preparation for the passover, and about the third hour; and he said to the Jews, Behold your king! 15But they cried out: 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 but Caesar The Crucifixion 16Then he, therefore, delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17And, bearing his cross, he went forth into a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called, in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the middle.
23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing, and made four parts, to each soldier a part; and they took his coat also. Now his coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24Then they said, one to another, let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was done that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says: They divided my clothing among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. The soldiers, therefore, did these things. The Death of Jesus 28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.
29Now a vessel full of vinegar had been set there; and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon a hyssop-stalk, and put it to his mouth.
30Therefore, when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said: It is finished. And he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. Jesus’ Side Is Pierced 31Then the Jews, as it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for that sabbath day was a great day, besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken down.
32Then came the soldiers and broke 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 already dead, they did not break his legs:
34but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear; and immediately there came out blood and water. The Burial of Jesus 38And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave him permission. He then came and took away the body of Jesus. 39Then came Nicodemus also, (who, at the first, had come to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying. 41Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42There, then, on account of the preparation-day of the Jews, they laid Jesus, for the tomb was near. Anderson's New Testament (1865) Digital Text Courtesy TheWord.net Bible Software. Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible. |