John 19:19-41

¹⁹Now Pilate wrote a notice, and put it on the cross. The notice said: “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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

²¹Therefore the chief priests of the Jews told Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.”’”

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

²³When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they split His garments into four parts, to each soldier a part, including the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

²⁴Therefore they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots to see whose it will be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.

²⁵Now Jesus’ mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood by Jesus’ cross.

²⁶Therefore when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple who He sincerely loved standing by, He told His mother, “Woman, here is your son!”

²⁷Then He told the disciple, “Here is your mother!” From that hour, that disciple took her into his own home.

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

²⁹A jar full of vinegar was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on a hyssop stalk, and lifted it up to His mouth.

³⁰When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, “It is finished!” Then, He bowed His head, and gave up His spirit.

³¹Because it was the Preparation Day, the Jews asked Pilate for the prisoners’ legs to be broken, and that they might be taken away, so that the bodies wouldn’t stay on the cross on the Sabbath (because that Sabbath was a special one).

³²Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other man who was crucified with Jesus,

³³but when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they didn’t break His legs.

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

³⁵He who saw it has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

³⁶These things were done so that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”

³⁷Another Scripture says, “They will look on Him who they pierced.”

³⁸After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could take the body of Jesus away; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.

³⁹Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing about a hundred Roman pounds of a mixture of myrrh and aloes.

⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in strips of linen with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

⁴¹In the place where He was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid.