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Jesus Flogged and Rejected as King

¹ Pilate then took Jesus and ^(F1)(C1)flogged Him.^2 (C1)And when the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a purple ^(F1)robe on Him;³ and they were coming to Him and saying, "^(C1)Hail, King of the Jews!" and were ^(C2)giving Him slaps in the face.⁴ And Pilate ^(C1)came out again and ^(*)said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^(C2)I find no guilt in Him."⁵ Jesus then came out, ^(C1)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple ^(F1)robe. Pilate ^(*)said to them, "Behold, the man!"⁶ So when the chief priests and the ^(C1)officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate ^(*)said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^(C2)I find no guilt in Him."⁷ The Jews answered him, "^(C1)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ^(C2)made Himself out to be the Son of God."

⁸ Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he became more afraid;⁹ and he ^(C1)entered into the ^(F1)Praetorium again and ^(*)said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But ^(C2)Jesus gave him no answer.¹⁰ So Pilate ^(*)said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"¹¹ Jesus answered, "^(C1)You would have no authority ^(F1)over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason ^(C2)he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."¹² As a result of this Pilate kept seeking to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "^(C1)If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself to be a king ^(F1)opposes Caesar."

¹³ Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ^(C1)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called ^(F1)The Stone Pavement, but ^(C2)in ^(F2)Hebrew, Gabbatha.¹⁴ Now it was ^(C1)the day of ^(F1)Preparation for the Passover; it was about the ^(F2)(C2)sixth hour. And he ^(*)said to the Jews, "Behold, ^(C3)your King!"¹⁵ So they cried out, "^(C1)Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate ^(*)said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."

The Crucifixion

^17 (C1)They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ^(F1)(C2)bearing His own cross, to the place called ^(C3)the Place of a Skull, which is called ^(C4)in ^(F2)Hebrew, Golgotha.¹⁸ There they crucified Him, and with Him ^(C1)two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.¹⁹ And Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "^(C1)JESUS THE NAZARENE, ^(C2)THE KING OF THE JEWS."²⁰ Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^(C1)in ^(F1)Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek.²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '^(C1)The King of the Jews;' but that He said, 'I am ^(C1)King of the Jews.'"²² Pilate answered, "^(C1)What I have written I have written."

²³ Then ^(C1)the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made ^(C2)four parts, a part to each soldier and also His ^(F1)tunic; now that tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.²⁴ So they said to one another, "^(C1)Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be;" ^(C2)this was in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled: "THEY ^(C3)DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST ^(F1)LOTS."

²⁵ Therefore the soldiers did these things. ^(C1)But standing by the cross of Jesus were ^(C2)His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ^(C3)Mary Magdalene.²⁶ When Jesus then saw His mother, and ^(C1)the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He ^(*)said to His mother, "^(C2)Woman, behold, your son!"²⁷ Then He ^(*)said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into ^(C1)his home.

Scripture Fulfilled—It Is Finished

²⁸ After this, Jesus, ^(C1)knowing that all things had already been finished, ^(C2)in order ^(F1)to finish the Scripture, ^(*)said, "^(C3)I am thirsty."²⁹ A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^(C1)they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.³⁰ Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "^(C1)It is finished!" And bowing His head, He ^(C2)gave up His spirit.

³¹ Then the Jews, because it was ^(C1)the day of Preparation, so that ^(C2)the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (^(F1)for that Sabbath was a ^(C3)high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.³² So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was ^(C1)crucified with Him;³³ but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^(C1)blood and water came out.³⁵ And he who has seen has ^(C1)borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.³⁶ For these things came to pass ^(C1)in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, "^(C2)NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE ^(F1)BROKEN."³⁷ And again another Scripture says, "^(C1)THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."

Jesus Is Buried

^38 (C1)Now after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but ^(C2)secretly because of his ^(C3)fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.^39 (C1)And Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^(C2)bringing a ^(F1)mixture of ^(C3)myrrh and aloes, weighing about ^(F2)one ^(C4)hundred litras.⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and ^(C1)bound it in ^(C2)linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.⁴¹ Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a ^(C1)new tomb ^(C2)in which no one had yet been laid.⁴² Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^(C1)Preparation, since the tomb was ^(C2)nearby, they laid Jesus there.