John, 19

1. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [him].

1. Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and scourged.

2. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put [it] on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

2. The soldiers also twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head. They threw a cloak of royal purple around his shoulders

3. And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

3. and began coming up to him and saluting him, "Hail, king of the Jews," and they struck him on the face.

4. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

4. Pilate went outside yet another time and said to the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out and I want you to know that I find no crime in him."

5. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man!

5. Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak and Pilate pointed to him saying, "Here is the man!"

6. When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.

6. On seeing him the chief priests and the guards cried out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate replied, "Take him yourselves and have him crucified, for I find no case against him."

7. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

7. The Jews then said, "We have a Law, and according to the Law this man must die because he made himself Son of God."

8. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

8. When Pilate heard this he was more afraid.

9. And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

9. And coming back into the court he asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

10. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

10. Then Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you just as I have power to crucify you?"

11. Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

11. Jesus replied, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is more guilty."

12. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

12. From that moment Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar."

13. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

13. When Pilate heard this, he had Jesus brought outside to the place called the Stone Floor - in Hebrew Gabbatha - and there he had him seated in the tribune.

14. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

14. It was the Preparation Day for the Passover, about noon. So Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your king."

15. But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

15. But they cried out, "Away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate replied, "Shall I crucify your king?" And the chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."

16. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.

16. Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. They took charge of him.

17. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

17. Bearing his own cross, Jesus went out of the city to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew: Golgotha.

18. Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

18. There he was crucified and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus was in the middle.

19. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

19. Pilate had a notice written and fastened to the cross that read: Jesus the Nazorean, King of the Jews.

20. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin.

20. Many Jewish people saw this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was very close to the city. It was, moreover, written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

21. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

21. The chief priests said to Pilate, "Do not write: 'The king of the Jews'; but: "This man claimed to be king of the Jews.' "

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

22. Pilate answered them, "What I have written, I have written."

23. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

23. When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each of them. But as the tunic was woven in one piece from top to bottom,

24. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

24. they said, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots to decide who will get it." This fulfilled the words of Scripture: They divided my clothing among them; they cast lots for my garment. This was what the soldiers did.

25. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

25. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister Mary, who was the wife of Cleophas, and Mary of Magdala.

26. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

26. When Jesus saw the Mother, and the disciple, he said to the Mother, "Woman, this is your son."

27. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own [home].

27. Then he said to the disciple, "There is your mother." And from that moment the disciple took her to his own home.

28. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

28. With that Jesus knew all was now finished and he said, I am thirsty, to fulfil what was written in Scripture.

29. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth.

29. A jar full of bitter wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a twig of hyssop, they raised it to his lips.

30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

30. Jesus took the wine and said, "It is accomplished." Then he bowed his head and gave up the spirit.

31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.

31. As it was Preparation Day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross during the sabbath, for this sabbath was a very solemn day. They asked Pilate to have the legs of the condemned men broken, so they might take away the bodies.

32. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

32. The soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Jesus.

33. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

33. When they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead; so they did not break his legs.

34. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

34. One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a lance and immediately there came out blood and water.

35. And he that saw [it] bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

35. The one who has seen here gives his witness so that you may believe: his witness is true and He knows that he speaks the truth.

36. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

36. All this happened to fulfill the words of Scripture, Not one of his bones shall be broken.

37. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

37. Another text says: They shall look on him whom they have pierced.

38. And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

38. After this, Joseph of Arimathea approached Pilate, for he was a disciple of Jesus, though secretly, for fear of the Jews. And he asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate agreed, so he came and took away the body.

39. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight].

39. Nicodemus, the man who earlier had come to Jesus by night, also came and brought a jar of myrrh mixed with aloes, about a hundred pounds.

40. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

40. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, following the burial custom of the Jews.

41. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

41. There was a garden in the place where Jesus had been crucified, and, in the garden, a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

42. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

42. As the tomb was very near, they buried Jesus there because they had no time left before the Jewish Preparation Day.