John 19:19-29

19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "¹JESUS THE NAZARENE, ²THE KING OF THE JEWS."

20 Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ³in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '⁴The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am ⁵King of the Jews.' "

22 Pilate answered, "⁶What I have written I have written."

23 Then ⁷the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ⁸four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.

24 So they said to one another, "⁹Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; ¹⁰this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY ¹¹DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."

25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. ¹²But standing by the cross of Jesus were ¹³His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ¹⁴Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and ¹⁵the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "¹⁶Woman, behold, your son!"

27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into ¹⁷his own household.

28 After this, Jesus, ¹⁸knowing that all things had already been accomplished, ¹⁹to fulfill the Scripture, said, "²⁰I am thirsty."

29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ²¹they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38
• 2. John 19:14, 21
• 3. John 19:13
• 4. John 19:14, 19
• 5. John 19:14, 19
• 6. Genesis 43:14; Esther 4:16
• 7. Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
• 8. Acts 12:4
• 9. Exodus 28:32; Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
• 10. John 19:28, 36
• 11. Psalms 22:18
• 12. Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:40; Luke 23:49
• 13. Matthew 12:46
• 14. Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 18
• 15. John 13:23
• 16. John 2:4
• 17. Luke 18:28; John 1:11; John 16:32; Acts 21:6
• 18. John 13:1; John 17:4
• 19. John 19:24, 36
• 20. Psalms 69:21
• 21. John 19:29, 30: {Matthew 27:48, 50; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36}

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
• [b]. Gr "khiton," the garment worn next to the skin
• [c]. Lit "from the upper part through the whole"
• [d]. Lit "a lot"