John 19
Christian Standard Bible
Jesus Flogged and Mocked
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown(A) of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe. 3 And they kept coming up to him(B) 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(C) for charging him.” 5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.(D) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” (E)
Pilate Sentences Jesus to Death
6 When the chief priests and the temple servants[a] 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,(F) because he made himself the Son of God.”(G)
8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever. 9 He went back into the headquarters(H) and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.(I) 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.”(J)
12 From that moment Pilate kept trying[b] 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,[c] Gabbatha). 14 It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon.[d] 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.[e] 17 Carrying(K) the cross by himself,(L) 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,(M) 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,’(N) 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(O) might be fulfilled(P) that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.[f](Q) This is what the soldiers did.
Jesus’s Provision for His Mother
25 Standing(R) by the cross(S) of Jesus were his mother,(T) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.(U) 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved(V) 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(W) this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished(X) that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”(Y) 29 A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch(Z) and held it up to his mouth.
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”(AA) Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.(AB)
Jesus’s Side Pierced
31 Since it was the preparation day,(AC) the Jews did not want the bodies(AD) to remain on the cross(AE) on the Sabbath(AF) (for that Sabbath was a special[g] day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.(AG) 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.(AH) 34 But one of the soldiers pierced(AI) his side(AJ) with a spear, and at once blood and water(AK) came out. 35 He who saw this has testified(AL) so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.(AM) 36 For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled:(AN) Not one of his bones will be broken.[h](AO) 37 Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.[i](AP)
Jesus’s Burial
38 After(AQ) 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.(AR) Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away. 39 Nicodemus(AS) (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds[j] of myrrh and aloes. 40 They took Jesus’s body(AT) and wrapped it in linen cloths(AU) with the fragrant spices, according to the burial(AV) 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
- 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 19
Lexham English Bible
Pilate Attempts to Release Jesus
19 So then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.[a] 2 And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and placed it[b] on his head, and put a purple robe on him, 3 and were coming up to him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” and were giving him slaps in the face.
4 And Pilate came outside again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing him outside to you, so that you will know that I find no basis for an accusation against him.” 5 Then Jesus came outside wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and he said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 So when they saw him, the chief priests and the officers shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “You take him and crucify him![c] For I do not find a basis for an accusation against him.” 7 The Jews replied to him, “We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!”
8 So when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid, 9 and he entered into the governor’s residence again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I have authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus replied to him, “You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has greater sin.”
12 From this point on Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews shouted, saying, “If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar! Everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!” 13 So Pilate, when he[d] heard these words, brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat, in the place called The Stone Pavement (but Gabbatha in Aramaic). 14 (Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, “Behold your king!”
15 Then those shouted, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests replied, “We do not have a king except Caesar!” 16 So then he handed him over to them in order that he could be crucified.
Jesus Is Crucified
So they took Jesus, 17 and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the place called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic), 18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side,[e] and Jesus in the middle. 19 And Pilate also wrote a notice and placed it[f] on the cross, and it was written: “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.” 20 So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. 21 Then 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.’” 22 Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares—for each soldier a share—and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top in a single piece.)[g] 24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, to see whose it will be,” so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says,
“They divided my garments among themselves,
and for my clothing they cast lots.”[h]
Thus the soldiers did these things.
25 Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus. 26 So Jesus, seeing his[i] mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to his[j] mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and[k] brought it[l] to his mouth. 30 Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,”[m] and bowing his[n] head, he gave up his[o] spirit.
31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they[p] came to Jesus, after they saw he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately. 35 And the one who has seen it[q] has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. 36 For these things happened in order that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not a bone of his will be broken.”[r] 37 And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”[s]
Jesus Is Buried
38 And after these things, Joseph who was from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed it,[t] so he came and took away his body. 39 And Nicodemus—the one who had come to him formerly at night—also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.[u] 40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth with the fragrant spices, as is the Jews’ custom to prepare for burial. 41 Now there was a garden at the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet buried. 42 So there, on account of the day of preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they buried Jesus.
Footnotes
- John 19:1 *This verb has causative force in context; Pilate did not personally carry out the sentence
- John 19:2 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:6 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 19:18 Literally “from here and from here”
- John 19:19 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:23 Literally “through the whole”
- John 19:24 A quotation from Ps 22:18
- John 19:26 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 19:26 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 19:29 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“put”) has been translated as a finite verb
- John 19:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:30 Or (traditionally) “it is finished”
- John 19:30 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 19:30 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 19:33 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
- John 19:35 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:36 A quotation from Exod 12:46, Num 9:12, and Ps 34:20
- John 19:37 A quotation from Zech 12:10
- John 19:38 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 19:39 The Greek term refers to a Roman pound, 327.45 grams (approximately 12 ounces)
John 19
King James Version
19 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Giovanni 19
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Gesú coronato di spine
19 (A)Allora *Pilato prese Gesú e lo fece flagellare.
2 I soldati, intrecciata una corona di spine, gliela posero sul capo, e gli misero addosso un manto di porpora; e s'accostavano a lui e dicevano: 3 «Salve, re dei Giudei!» E lo schiaffeggiavano.
4 Pilato uscí di nuovo, e disse loro: «Ecco, ve lo conduco fuori, affinché sappiate che non trovo in lui nessuna colpa». 5 Gesú dunque uscí, portando la corona di spine e il manto di porpora. Pilato disse loro: «Ecco l'uomo!»
6 Come dunque i capi dei *sacerdoti e le guardie lo ebbero visto, gridarono: «Crocifiggilo, crocifiggilo!» Pilato disse loro: «Prendetelo voi e crocifiggetelo; perché io non trovo in lui alcuna colpa». 7 I Giudei gli risposero: «Noi abbiamo una legge, e secondo questa legge egli deve morire, perché si è fatto *Figlio di Dio».
8 Quando Pilato udí questa parola, ebbe ancor piú paura; 9 e, rientrato nel *pretorio, disse a Gesú: «Di dove sei tu?» Ma Gesú non gli rispose. 10 Allora Pilato gli disse: «Non mi parli? Non sai che ho il potere di liberarti e il potere di crocifiggerti?» 11 Gesú gli rispose: «Tu non avresti alcun'autorità su di me, se ciò non ti fosse stato dato dall'alto; perciò chi mi ha dato nelle tue mani, ha maggior colpa».
12 Da quel momento Pilato cercava di liberarlo; ma i Giudei gridavano, dicendo: «Se liberi costui, non sei amico di *Cesare. Chiunque si fa re, si oppone a Cesare». 13 Pilato dunque, udite queste parole, condusse fuori Gesú, e si mise a sedere in tribunale nel luogo detto Lastrico[a], e in ebraico Gabbatà[b]. 14 Era la preparazione della Pasqua, ed era l'*ora sesta[c]. Egli disse ai Giudei: «Ecco il vostro re!» 15 Allora essi gridarono: «Toglilo, toglilo di mezzo, crocifiggilo!» Pilato disse loro: «Crocifiggerò il vostro re?» I capi dei sacerdoti risposero: «Noi non abbiamo altro re che Cesare». 16 Allora lo consegnò loro perché fosse crocifisso.
La crocifissione di Gesú
17 (B)Presero dunque Gesú; ed egli, portando la sua croce, giunse al luogo detto del Teschio, che in ebraico si chiama *Golgota, 18 dove lo crocifissero, assieme ad altri due, uno di qua, l'altro di là, e Gesú nel mezzo.
19 Pilato fece pure un'iscrizione e la pose sulla croce. V'era scritto: GES! IL NAZARENO, IL RE DEI GIUDEI. 20 Molti Giudei lessero questa iscrizione, perché il luogo dove Gesú fu crocifisso era vicino alla città; e l'iscrizione era in ebraico, in latino e in greco. 21 Perciò i capi dei sacerdoti dei Giudei dicevano a Pilato: «Non lasciare scritto: “Il re dei Giudei”; ma che egli ha detto: “Io sono il re dei Giudei”». 22 Pilato rispose: «Quello che ho scritto, ho scritto».
23 I soldati dunque, quando ebbero crocifisso Gesú, presero le sue vesti e ne fecero quattro parti, una parte per ciascun soldato. Presero anche la tunica, che era senza cuciture, tessuta per intero dall'alto in basso. 24 Dissero dunque tra di loro: «Non stracciamola, ma tiriamo a sorte a chi tocchi»; affinché si adempisse la Scrittura che dice:
«Hanno spartito fra loro le mie vesti,
e hanno tirato a sorte la mia tunica»[d].
Questo fecero dunque i soldati.
25 Presso la croce di Gesú stavano sua madre e la sorella di sua madre, *Maria di Cleopa, e *Maria Maddalena. 26 Gesú dunque, vedendo sua madre e presso di lei il discepolo che egli amava, disse a sua madre: «Donna, ecco tuo figlio!» 27 Poi disse al discepolo: «Ecco tua madre!» E da quel momento, il discepolo la prese in casa sua.
28 Dopo questo, Gesú, sapendo che ogni cosa era già compiuta, affinché si adempisse la Scrittura, disse: «Ho sete». 29 C'era lí un vaso pieno d'aceto; posta dunque una spugna, imbevuta d'aceto, in cima a un ramo d'*issopo, l'accostarono alla sua bocca. 30 Quando Gesú ebbe preso l'aceto, disse: «È compiuto!» E, chinato il capo, rese lo spirito.
31 (C)Allora i Giudei, perché i corpi non rimanessero sulla croce durante il sabato (poiché era la Preparazione e quel sabato era un gran giorno), chiesero a Pilato che fossero loro spezzate le gambe, e fossero portati via. 32 I soldati dunque vennero e spezzarono le gambe al primo, e poi anche all'altro che era crocifisso con lui; 33 ma giunti a Gesú, lo videro già morto, e non gli spezzarono le gambe, 34 ma uno dei soldati gli forò il costato con una lancia, e subito ne uscí sangue e acqua. 35 Colui che lo ha visto, ne ha reso testimonianza, e la sua testimonianza è vera; ed egli sa che dice il vero, affinché anche voi crediate. 36 Poiché questo è avvenuto affinché si adempisse la Scrittura:
«Nessun osso di lui sarà spezzato»[e].
37 E un'altra Scrittura dice:
«Volgeranno lo sguardo a colui che hanno trafitto»[f].
Il seppellimento di Gesú
38 (D)Dopo queste cose, *Giuseppe d'*Arimatea, che era discepolo di Gesú, ma in segreto per timore dei Giudei, chiese a Pilato di poter prendere il corpo di Gesú, e Pilato glielo permise. Egli dunque venne e prese il corpo di Gesú. 39 *Nicodemo, che in precedenza era andato da Gesú di notte, venne anch'egli, portando una mistura di mirra e d'aloe di circa cento *libbre. 40 Essi dunque presero il corpo di Gesú e lo avvolsero in fasce con gli aromi, secondo il modo di seppellire in uso presso i Giudei. 41 Nel luogo dov'egli era stato crocifisso c'era un giardino, e in quel giardino un sepolcro nuovo, dove nessuno era ancora stato deposto. 42 Là dunque deposero Gesú, a motivo della Preparazione dei Giudei, perché il sepolcro era vicino.
Footnotes
- Giovanni 19:13 Lastrico, luogo situato fuori del Pretorio e il cui nome era dovuto, probabilmente, a un pavimento particolare.
- Giovanni 19:13 Gabbatà, lett. collinetta, altura; ciò indica la natura del luogo; Gabbatà non è la traduzione del termine greco che significa Lastrico.
- Giovanni 19:14 Ora sesta, probabilmente le sei del mattino; cfr. Mr 15:25; qui, senza dubbio, Giovanni conta alla maniera romana.
- Giovanni 19:24 +Sl 22:18.
- Giovanni 19:36 +Sl 34:20.
- Giovanni 19:37 +Za 12:10; cfr. Ap 1:7.
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