John 19-21 (Amplified Bible)

John 19

 ¹SO THEN Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him.

    ²And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him.

    ³And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.^(A)

    ⁴Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him.

    ⁵So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the ^[a]Man!

    ⁶When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him.

    ⁷The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.

    ⁸So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before.

    ⁹He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.

    ¹⁰So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You?

    ¹¹Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.

    ¹²Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]!

    ¹³Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]--in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

    ¹⁴Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o'clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King!

    ¹⁵But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!

    ¹⁶Then he delivered Him over to them to be crucified.

    ¹⁷And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull--in Hebrew it is called Golgotha.

    ¹⁸There they crucified Him, and with Him two others--one on either side and Jesus between them.^(B)

    ¹⁹And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.

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

    ²¹Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews.

    ²²Pilate replied, What I have written, I have written.

    ²³Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, one share for each soldier, and also the tunic (the long shirtlike undergarment). But the tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.

    ²⁴So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots to decide whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture, They parted My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things.^(C)

    ²⁵But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

    ²⁶So Jesus, seeing His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [^[b]Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son!

    ²⁷Then He said to the disciple, See, [here is] your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own [keeping, own home].

    ²⁸After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst.^(D)

    ²⁹A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.

    ³⁰When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

    ³¹Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath--for that Sabbath was a very solemn and important one--the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.

    ³²So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who had been crucified with Him.

    ³³But when they came to Jesus and they 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 blood and water came (flowed) out.

    ³⁵And he who saw it (the eyewitness) gives this evidence, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe also.

    ³⁶For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken;^(E)

    ³⁷And again another Scripture says, They shall look on Him Whom they have pierced.^(F)

    ³⁸And after this, Joseph of Arimathea--a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews--asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away His body.

    ³⁹And Nicodemus also, who first had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, [weighing] about a hundred pounds.

    ⁴⁰So they took Jesus' body and bound it in linen cloths with the spices (aromatics), as is the Jews' customary way to prepare for burial.

    ⁴¹Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever [yet] been laid.

    ⁴²So there, because of the Jewish day of Preparation [and] since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus.

   

John 20

 ¹NOW ON the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been removed from (lifted out of the groove across the entrance of) the tomb.

    ²So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus [tenderly] loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him!

    ³Upon this, Peter and the other disciple came out and they went toward the tomb.

    ⁴And they came running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and arrived at the tomb first.

    ⁵And stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not enter.

    ⁶Then Simon Peter came up, following him, and went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there;

    ⁷But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was [still] ^[c]rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself.

    ⁸Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw and was convinced and believed.

    ⁹For as yet they did not know (understand) the statement of Scripture that He must rise again from the dead.^(G)

    ¹⁰Then the disciples went back again to their homes (lodging places).

    ¹¹But Mary remained standing outside the tomb sobbing. As she wept, she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb.

    ¹²And she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

    ¹³And they said to her, Woman, why are you sobbing? She told them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.

    ¹⁴On saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know (recognize) that it was Jesus.

    ¹⁵Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you crying [so]? For Whom are you looking? Supposing that it was the gardener, she replied, Sir, if you carried Him away from here, tell me where you have put Him and I will take Him away.

    ¹⁶Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning around she said to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni!--which means Teacher or Master.

    ¹⁷Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me [do not hold Me], for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brethren and tell them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.

    ¹⁸Away came Mary Magdalene, bringing the disciples news (word) that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.

    ¹⁹Then on that same first day of the week, when it was evening, though the disciples were behind closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace to you!

    ²⁰So saying, He showed them His hands and His side. And when the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy (delight, exultation, ecstasy, rapture).

    ²¹Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you! [Just] as the Father has sent Me forth, so I am sending you.

    ²²And having said this, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit!

    ²³[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being ^[d]led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained.

    ²⁴But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

    ²⁵So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it].

    ²⁶Eight days later His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though they were behind closed doors, and stood among them and said, Peace to you!

    ²⁷Then He said to Thomas, Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe!

    ²⁸Thomas answered Him, My Lord and my God!

    ²⁹Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and ^[e]to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me.

    ³⁰There are also many other signs and miracles which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book.

    ³¹But these are written (recorded) in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of God, and that through believing and cleaving to and trusting and relying upon Him you may have life through (in) His name [^[f]through Who He is].^(H)

   

John 21

 ¹AFTER THIS, Jesus let Himself be seen and revealed [Himself] again to the disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias. And He did it in this way:

    ²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, also the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples.

    ³Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing.

    ⁴Morning was already breaking when Jesus came to the beach and stood there. However, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

    ⁵So Jesus said to them, ^[g]Boys (children), you do not have any meat (fish), do you? [Have you caught anything to eat along with your bread?] They answered Him, No!

    ⁶And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find [some]. So they cast the net, and now they were not able to haul it in for such a big catch (mass, quantity) of fish [was in it].

    ⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! Simon Peter, hearing him say that it was the Lord, put (girded) on his upper garment (his fisherman's coat, his outer tunic)--for he was stripped [for work]--and sprang into the sea.

    ⁸And the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only some hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

    ⁹When they got out on land (the beach), they saw a fire of coals there and fish lying on it [cooking], and bread.

    ¹⁰Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.

    ¹¹So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, 153 of them; and [though] there were so many of them, the net was not torn.

    ¹²Jesus said to them, Come [and] have breakfast. But none of the disciples ventured or dared to ask Him, Who are You? because they [well] knew that it was the Lord.

    ¹³Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so also [with] the fish.

    ¹⁴This was now the third time that Jesus revealed Himself (appeared, was manifest) to the disciples after He had risen from the dead.

    ¹⁵When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do--with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

    ¹⁶Again He said to him the second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Shepherd (tend) My sheep.

    ¹⁷He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with a deep, instinctive, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]? Peter was grieved (was saddened and hurt) that He should ask him the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.

    ¹⁸I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, when you were young you girded yourself [put on your own belt or girdle] and you walked about wherever you pleased to go. But when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will put a girdle around you and carry you where you do not wish to go.

    ¹⁹He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. And after this, He said to him, Follow Me!

    ²⁰But Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following--the one who also had leaned back on His breast at the supper and had said, Lord, who is it that is going to betray You?

    ²¹When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man?

    ²²Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay (survive, live) until I come, what is that to you? [What concern is it of yours?] You follow Me!

    ²³So word went out among the brethren that this disciple was not going to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but, If I want him to stay (survive, live) till I come, what is that to you?

    ²⁴It is this same disciple who is bearing witness to these things and who has recorded (written) them; and we [well] know that his testimony is true.

    ²⁵And there are also many other things which Jesus did. If they should be all recorded one by one [in detail], I suppose that even the world itself could not contain (have room for) the books that would be written.