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

“Here is your king,”^(E) 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.^(F)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(G)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. ¹⁷ Carrying his own cross,^(H) he went out to the place of the Skull^(I) (which in Aramaic^(J) is called Golgotha). ¹⁸ There they crucified him, and with him two others^(K)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

²⁵ Near the cross^(A) of Jesus stood his mother,^(B) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.^{(C) 26} When Jesus saw his mother^(D) there, and the disciple whom he loved^(E) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,^[a] 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^(F)

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