John 19:16

16 ¹So he ²delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

John 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

John 19:16

Then delivered he him therefore
Perceiving he could not by any means work upon them, and that nothing would satisfy them but his death; he therefore passed sentence on him, and gave him up to their will,

unto them to be crucified;
as they requested, and which was done in a judicial way, and all by divine appointment, according to the counsel and foreknowledge of God:

and they took Jesus and led him away;
directly from the judgment hall, out of the city to the place of execution, whither he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, without opening his mouth against God or man; but behaved with the utmost patience, meekness, and resignation.

John 19:16 In-Context

14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King! ”

15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him! ” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King? ” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar. ”

16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

Cross References

• 1. 19:16 Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25
• 2. 19:16 ch. 18:36-40