⁶ As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.^(A) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”^(B)

⁷ The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,^(C) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”^(D)

⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, ⁹ and he went back inside the palace.^(E) “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.^{(F) 10} “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.^(G) Therefore the one who handed me over to you^(H) is guilty of a greater sin.”

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.

¹⁹ Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,^(L) the king of the jews.^{(M) 20} Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(N) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

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.”

³⁰ When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”^(A) With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

³¹ Now it was the day of Preparation,^(B) and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses^(C) during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. ³² The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.^{(D) 33} But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced^(E) Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.^{(F) 35} The man who saw it^(G) has given testimony, and his testimony is true.^(H) He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.