John 19:21-31

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, ¹"What I have written I have written."

23 ²When 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."³This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, ⁴"They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots."So the soldiers did these things,

25 ⁵but 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 ⁶the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ⁷"Woman, behold, your son!"

27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to ⁸his own home.

The Death of Jesus

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now ⁹finished, said (¹⁰to fulfill the Scripture), ¹¹"I thirst."

29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, ¹²so 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, ¹³"It is finished," and he bowed his head and ¹⁴gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was ¹⁵the day of Preparation, and ¹⁶so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ¹⁷a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.