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1 Then Pilate had Jesus taken and whipped.
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Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe.
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And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe;
3 Over and over they went up to him and said, "Greetings, king of the Jews!" And they slapped him in the face.
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they came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
4 Pilate came out of the palace again and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look! I'm bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no grounds for a charge against him."
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Pilate went out again, and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him."
5 When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here's the man."
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So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"
6 When the chief priests and their deputies saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I don't find any grounds for a charge against him."
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When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him."
7 The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a Law, and according to this Law he ought to die because he made himself out to be God's Son."
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The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he has made himself the Son of God."
8 When Pilate heard this word, he was even more afraid.
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When Pilate heard these words, he was the more afraid;
9 He went back into the residence and spoke to Jesus, "Where are you from?" Jesus didn't answer.
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he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer.
10 So Pilate said, "You won't speak to me? Don't you know that I have authority to release you and also to crucify you?"
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Pilate therefore said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?"
11 Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me if it had not been given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin."
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Jesus answered him, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin."
12 From that moment on, Pilate wanted to release Jesus. However, the Jewish leaders cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't a friend of the emperor! Anyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes the emperor!"
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Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar."
13 When Pilate heard these words, he led Jesus out and seated him on the judge's bench at the place called Stone Pavement (in Aramaic, Gabbatha).
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When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gab'batha.
14 It was about noon on the Preparation Day for the Passover. Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Here's your king."
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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 The Jewish leaders cried out, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate responded, "What? Do you want me to crucify your king?" "We have no king except the emperor," the chief priests answered.
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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 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified. The soldiers took Jesus prisoner.
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Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
17 Carrying his cross by himself, he went out to a place called Skull Place (in Aramaic, Golgotha).
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So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Gol'gotha.
18 That's where they crucified him—and two others with him, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
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There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
19 Pilate had a public notice written and posted on the cross. It read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."
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Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
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Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
21 Therefore, the Jewish chief priests complained to Pilate, "Don't write, ‘The king of the Jews' but ‘This man said, 'I am the king of the Jews.''"
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The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"
22 Pilate answered, "What I've written, I've written."
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Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and his sandals, and divided them into four shares, one for each soldier. His shirt was seamless, woven as one piece from the top to the bottom.
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When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom;
24 They said to each other, "Let's not tear it. Let's cast lots to see who will get it." This was to fulfill the scripture, They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing. That's what the soldiers did.
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so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfil the scripture, "They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots."
25 Jesus' mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood near the cross.
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So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Mag'dalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son."
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When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
27 Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
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Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
28 After this, knowing that everything was already completed, in order to fulfill the scripture, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
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After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I thirst."
29 A jar full of sour wine was nearby, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, placed it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
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A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth.
30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed." Bowing his head, he gave up his life.
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When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 It was the Preparation Day and the Jewish leaders didn't want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath, especially since that Sabbath was an important day. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of those crucified broken and the bodies taken down.
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Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Therefore, the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who were crucified with Jesus.
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So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him;
33 When they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead so they didn't break his legs.
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but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
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But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he speaks the truth, and he has testified so that you also can believe.
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He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth--that you also may believe.
36 These things happened to fulfill the scripture, They won't break any of his bones.
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For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of him shall be broken."
37 And another scripture says, They will look at him whom they have pierced.
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And again another scripture says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced."
38 After this Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take away the body of Jesus. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one because he feared the Jewish authorities. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body away.
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After this Joseph of Arimathe'a, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took away his body.
39 Nicodemus, the one who at first had come to Jesus at night, was there too. He brought a mixture of myrrh and aloe, nearly seventy-five pounds in all.
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Nicode'mus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight.
40 Following Jewish burial customs, they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the spices, in linen cloths.
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They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
41 There was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
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Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid.
42 Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus in it.
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So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
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