John 19:17-31

English Standard Version

¹⁷ and ^(A)he went out, ^(B)bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. ^18 (C)There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. ¹⁹ Pilate ^(D)also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this inscription, for ^(E)the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” ²² Pilate answered, ^(F)“What I have written I have written.”

^23 (G)When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.^[a] But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, ²⁴ so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” ^(H)This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,

So the soldiers did these things, ^25 (J)but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother and ^(K)the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ^(L)“Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to ^(M)his own home.

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now ^(N)finished, said (^(O)to fulfill the Scripture), ^(P)“I thirst.” ²⁹ A jar full of sour wine stood there, ^(Q)so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. ³⁰ When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ^(R)“It is finished,” and he bowed his head and ^(S)gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Since it was ^(T)the day of Preparation, and ^(U)so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^(V)a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.