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John 18:12-19:42
Christian Standard Bible
John 18:12-19:42
Christian Standard Bible
Jesus Arrested and Taken to Annas
12 Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus and tied him up. 13 First they led him to Annas,(A) since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,(B) who was high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better for one man to die for the people.(C)
Peter Denies Jesus
15 Simon Peter(D) was following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard. 16 But Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.
17 Then the servant girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?”
“I am not,” he said. 18 Now the servants and the officials had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.
Jesus before Annas
19 The high priest(E) questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him. “I have always taught in the synagogue(F) and in the temple,(G) where all the Jews gather, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret. 21 Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”
22 When he had said these things, one of the officials standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”
23 “If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence[a] about the wrong; but if rightly,(H) why do you hit me?” 24 Then(I) Annas(J) sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
Peter Denies Jesus Twice More
25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”
He denied it and said, “I am not.”
26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?” 27 Peter denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.(K)
Jesus before Pilate
28 Then(L) they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters.(M) It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate(N) came out to them and said, “What charge(O) do you bring against this man?”
30 They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal,[b] we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”
31 Pilate told them, “You take him and judge him according to your law.”
“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared. 32 They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die.(P)
33 Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” (Q)
34 Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about me?”
35 “I’m not a Jew, am I?” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
36 “My kingdom(R) is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world,(S) my servants(T) would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But as it is,[c] my kingdom is not from here.”(U)
37 “You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world(V) for this: to testify(W) to the truth.(X) Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
38 “What is truth?” said Pilate.
Jesus or Barabbas
After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no grounds(Y) for charging him. 39 You(Z) have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
40 They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (AA) Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.[d](AB)
Jesus Flogged and Mocked
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown(AC) of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe. 3 And they kept coming up to him(AD) and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” and were slapping his face.
4 Pilate went outside again and said to them, “Look, I’m bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds(AE) for charging him.” 5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.(AF) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” (AG)
Pilate Sentences Jesus to Death
6 When the chief priests and the temple servants[e] saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take him and crucify him yourselves, since I find no grounds for charging him.”
7 “We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die,(AH) because he made himself the Son of God.”(AI)
8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever. 9 He went back into the headquarters(AJ) and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.(AK) 10 So Pilate said to him, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?”
11 “You would have no authority over me at all,” Jesus answered him, “if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”(AL)
12 From that moment Pilate kept trying[f] to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!”
13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Aramaic,[g] Gabbatha). 14 It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon.[h] Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!”
15 They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”
“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.
16 Then he handed him over to be crucified.
The Crucifixion
Then they took Jesus away.[i] 17 Carrying(AM) the cross by himself,(AN) he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him and two others with him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,(AO) and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews,’(AP) but that he said, ‘I am the king of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. 24 So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture(AQ) might be fulfilled(AR) that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.[j](AS) This is what the soldiers did.
Jesus’s Provision for His Mother
25 Standing(AT) by the cross(AU) of Jesus were his mother,(AV) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(AW) 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved(AX) standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
The Finished Work of Jesus
28 After(AY) this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished(AZ) that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”(BA) 29 A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch(BB) and held it up to his mouth.
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”(BC) Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.(BD)
Jesus’s Side Pierced
31 Since it was the preparation day,(BE) the Jews did not want the bodies(BF) to remain on the cross(BG) on the Sabbath(BH) (for that Sabbath was a special[k] day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.(BI) 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him. 33 When they came to Jesus, they did not break his legs since they saw that he was already dead.(BJ) 34 But one of the soldiers pierced(BK) his side(BL) with a spear, and at once blood and water(BM) came out. 35 He who saw this has testified(BN) so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.(BO) 36 For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled:(BP) Not one of his bones will be broken.[l](BQ) 37 Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.[m](BR)
Jesus’s Burial
38 After(BS) this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’s body.(BT) Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away. 39 Nicodemus(BU) (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds[n] of myrrh and aloes. 40 They took Jesus’s body(BV) and wrapped it in linen cloths(BW) with the fragrant spices, according to the burial(BX) custom of the Jews. 41 There was a garden in the place where he was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it. 42 They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.
Footnotes
- 18:23 Or him, “testify
- 18:30 Lit an evil doer
- 18:36 Or But now
- 18:40 Or robber; see Jn 10:1,8 for the same Gk word used here
- 19:6 Or temple police, or officers
- 19:12 Lit Pilate was trying
- 19:13 Or Hebrew, also in vv. 17,20
- 19:14 Lit about the sixth hour
- 19:16 Other mss add and led him out
- 19:24 Ps 22:18
- 19:31 Lit great
- 19:36 Ex 12:46; Nm 9:12; Ps 34:20
- 19:37 Zch 12:10
- 19:39 Lit a hundred litrai; a Roman litrai = 12 ounces
John 18:12-19:42
New International Version
John 18:12-19:42
New International Version
12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials(A) arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,(B) the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.(C)
Peter’s First Denial(D)
15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest,(E) he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard,(F) 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.
17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter.
He replied, “I am not.”(G)
18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire(H) they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.(I)
The High Priest Questions Jesus(J)
19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues(K) or at the temple,(L) where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.(M) 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.”
22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials(N) nearby slapped him in the face.(O) “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.
23 “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”(P) 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas(Q) the high priest.
Peter’s Second and Third Denials(R)
25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself.(S) So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”
He denied it, saying, “I am not.”(T)
26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,(U) challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?”(V) 27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.(W)
Jesus Before Pilate(X)
28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor.(Y) By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace,(Z) because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.(AA) 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.(AB)
33 Pilate then went back inside the palace,(AC) summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”(AD)
34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom(AE) is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders.(AF) But now my kingdom is from another place.”(AG)
37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.(AH) Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”(AI)
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.(AJ) 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”
40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.(AK)
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified(AL)
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.(AM) 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”(AN) And they slapped him in the face.(AO)
4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out(AP) to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”(AQ) 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe,(AR) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.(AS) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”(AT)
7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,(AU) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”(AV)
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace.(AW) “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.(AX) 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(AY) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(AZ) is guilty of a greater sin.”
12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(BA) opposes Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(BB) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(BC) is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation(BD) of the Passover; it was about noon.(BE)
“Here is your king,”(BF) 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.(BG)
The Crucifixion of Jesus(BH)
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross,(BI) he went out to the place of the Skull(BJ) (which in Aramaic(BK) is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others(BL)—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,(BM) the king of the jews.(BN) 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,(BO) 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.”(BP)
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(BQ) that said,
So this is what the soldiers did.
25 Near the cross(BS) of Jesus stood his mother,(BT) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(BU) 26 When Jesus saw his mother(BV) there, and the disciple whom he loved(BW) 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(BX)
28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished,(BY) and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,(BZ) Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar(CA) 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.”(CB) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Now it was the day of Preparation,(CC) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses(CD) 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.(CE) 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(CF) Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.(CG) 35 The man who saw it(CH) has given testimony, and his testimony is true.(CI) 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:(CJ) “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[c](CK) 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[d](CL)
The Burial of Jesus(CM)
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.(CN) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(CO) 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.(CP) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(CQ) 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(CR) and since the tomb was nearby,(CS) they laid Jesus there.
Footnotes
- John 19:24 Psalm 22:18
- John 19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
- John 19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20
- John 19:37 Zech. 12:10
- John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms
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