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- Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
- Here they crucified him, and with him two others--one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
- Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:|sc JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
- The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews."
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- They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
- There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
- Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
- Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
- So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'; but that He said, 'I am King of the Jews.'"
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- Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
- When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
- "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, "They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing." So this is what the soldiers did.
- Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
- When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son,"
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- Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
- Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.
- So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."
- Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
- When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
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- and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
- Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
- A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips.
- When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.
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- Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
- After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."
- A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.
- Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
- Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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- The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.
- But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
- Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
- The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
- These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken,"
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- So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;
- but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
- But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
- And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
- For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."
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- and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."
- Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.
- He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
- Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
- At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.
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- And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
- After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
- Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.
- So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
- Now in 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.
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- Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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- Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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