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^(A) opposes Caesar.”

¹³ When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat^(B) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic^(C) is Gabbatha). ¹⁴ It was the day of Preparation^(D) of the Passover; it was about noon.^(E)

“Here is your king,”^(F) 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.^(G)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(H)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. ¹⁷ Carrying his own cross,^(I) he went out to the place of the Skull^(J) (which in Aramaic^(K) is called Golgotha). ¹⁸ There they crucified him, and with him two others^(L)—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,^(M) the king of the jews.^{(N) 20} Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(O) 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.”^(P)

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^(Q) that said,

So this is what the soldiers did.

²⁵ Near the cross^(S) of Jesus stood his mother,^(T) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.^{(U) 26} When Jesus saw his mother^(V) there, and the disciple whom he loved^(W) 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^(X)

²⁸ Later, knowing that everything had now been finished,^(Y) and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,^(Z) Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A jar of wine vinegar^(AA) 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.”^(AB) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.