John 19:16-34

¹⁶So then he handed Him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and lead Him away.

¹⁷And carrying His cross He went out to the place called ‘Skull’, which in Hebrew is called ‘Golgotha’;

¹⁸there they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle.

¹⁹Now Pilate had also written a notice, and put it on the cross; and the inscription was: JESUS THE NATSOREAN THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁰So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; further, it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin!

²¹So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don't write, ‘The king of the Jews’, but that the fellow said, ‘I am the king of the Jews.’ ”

²²Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written!”

²³Now when the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took His clothes and made four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took His tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

²⁴So they said among themselves, “Let's not rip it, but toss for it, to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast a lot.” That is why the soldiers did these things.

²⁵Now Jesus' mother and her sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing by His cross.

²⁶So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He says to His mother, “Woman, there is your son!”

²⁷Then He says to the disciple, “There is your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

²⁸After this, knowing that everything was now accomplished so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus says, “I'm thirsty!”

²⁹Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; so they filled a sponge with sour wine, placed it on a hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

³⁰Then, when He had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “Paid in full!!” And bowing His head He dismissed His spirit.

³¹Now then, because it was Preparation Day, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews requested Pilate that their legs might be broken and they be removed.

³²Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with Him.

³³But upon coming to Jesus, they did not break His legs, since they saw that He had already died.

³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.