⁸ When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever. ⁹ He went back into the headquarters^(A) and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.^{(B) 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.”^(C)

¹⁶ Then he handed him over to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

Then they took Jesus away.^{[a] 17} Carrying^(A) the cross by himself,^(B) 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.

The Finished Work of Jesus

²⁸ After^(A) this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished^(B) that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”^{(C) 29} A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch^(D) and held it up to his mouth.

³⁰ When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”^(E) Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.^(F)