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1 Then Pilate therefore took Yeshua, and flogged him.
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So Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.
2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
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The soldiers, having braided a crown from thorns, set it on his head, threw a purple robe over him,
3 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Yehudim!" and they kept slapping him.
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and approached him with, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Then they greeted him with slaps in the face.
4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."
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Pilate went back out again and said to them, "I present him to you, but I want you to know that I do not find him guilty of any crime."
5 Yeshua therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"
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Just then Jesus came out wearing the thorn crown and purple robe. Pilate announced, "Here he is: the Man."
6 When therefore the chief Kohanim and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."
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When the high priests and police saw him, they shouted in a frenzy, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate told them, "You take him. You crucify him. I find nothing wrong with him."
7 The Yehudim answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
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The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by that law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God."
8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
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When Pilate heard this, he became even more scared.
9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Yeshua, "Where are you from?" But Yeshua gave him no answer.
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He went back into the palace and said to Jesus, "Where did you come from?" Jesus gave no answer.
10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
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Pilate said, "You won't talk? Don't you know that I have the authority to pardon you, and the authority to - crucify you?"
11 Yeshua answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."
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Jesus said, "You haven't a shred of authority over me except what has been given you from heaven. That's why the one who betrayed me to you has committed a far greater fault."
12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Yehudim cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
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At this, Pilate tried his best to pardon him, but the Jews shouted him down: "If you pardon this man, you're no friend of Caesar's. Anyone setting himself up as 'king' defies Caesar."
13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Yeshua out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabta."
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When Pilate heard those words, he led Jesus outside. He sat down at the judgment seat in the area designated Stone Court (in Hebrew, Gabbatha).
14 Now it was the Preparation of the Pesach, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Yehudim, "Behold, your King!"
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It was the preparation day for Passover. The hour was noon. Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is 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 Kohanim answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
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They shouted back, "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "I am to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king except Caesar."
16 Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Yeshua and led him away.
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Pilate caved in to their demand. He turned him over to be crucified.
17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Gulgolta,"
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Carrying his cross, Jesus went out to the place called Skull Hill (the name in Hebrew is Golgotha),
18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Yeshua in the middle.
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where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "YESHUA OF NATZERET, THE KING OF THE YEHUDIM."
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Pilate wrote a sign and had it placed on the cross. It read: jesus the nazarene the king of the jews.
20 Therefore many of the Yehudim read this title, for the place where Yeshua was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Yevanit.
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Many of the Jews read the sign because the place where Jesus was crucified was right next to the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
21 The chief Kohanim of the Yehudim therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Yehudim,' but that, 'he said, I am King of the Yehudim.'"
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The Jewish high priests objected. "Don't write," they said to Pilate, "'The King of the Jews.' Make it, 'This man said, "I am the King of the Jews."'"
22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
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Pilate said, "What I've written, I've written."
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Yeshua, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
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When they crucified him, the Roman soldiers took his clothes and divided them up four ways, to each soldier a fourth. But his robe was seamless, a single piece of weaving,
24 Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
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so they said to each other, "Let's not tear it up. Let's throw dice to see who gets it." This confirmed the Scripture that said, "They divided up my clothes among them and threw dice for my coat." (The soldiers validated the Scriptures!)
25 But there were standing by the cross of Yeshua his mother, and his mother's sister, Miryam the wife of Klofah, and Miryam from Magdala.
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Jesus' mother, his aunt, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene stood at the foot of the cross.
26 Therefore when Yeshua saw his mother, and the talmid whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
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Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her. He said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son."
27 Then he said to the talmid, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the talmid took her to his own home.
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Then to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that moment the disciple accepted her as his own mother.
28 After this, Yeshua, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
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Jesus, seeing that everything had been completed so that the Scripture record might also be complete, then said, "I'm thirsty."
29 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.
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A jug of sour wine was standing by. Someone put a sponge soaked with the wine on a javelin and lifted it to his mouth.
30 When Yeshua therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
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After he took the wine, Jesus said, "It's done . . . complete." Bowing his head, he offered up his spirit.
31 Therefore the Yehudim, because it was the Preparation, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Shabbat (for that Shabbat was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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Then the Jews, since it was the day of Sabbath preparation, and so the bodies wouldn't stay on the crosses over the Sabbath (it was a high holy day that year), petitioned Pilate that their legs be broken to speed death, and the bodies taken down.
32 Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;
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So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man crucified with Jesus, and then the other.
33 but when they came to Yeshua, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
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When they got to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't 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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One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear. Blood and water gushed out.
35 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
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The eyewitness to these things has presented an accurate report. He saw it himself and is telling the truth so that you, also, will believe.
36 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."
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These things that happened confirmed the Scripture, "Not a bone in his body was broken,"
37 Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
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and the other Scripture that reads, "They will stare at the one they pierced."
38 After these things, Yosef of Ramatayim, being a talmid of Yeshua, but secretly for fear of the Yehudim, asked of Pilate that he might take away Yeshua' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.
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After all this, Joseph of Arimathea (he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, because he was intimidated by the Jews) petitioned Pilate to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission. So Joseph came and took the body.
39 Nakdimon also came, he who at first came to Yeshua by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
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Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus at night, came now in broad daylight carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
40 So they took Yeshua' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Yehudim is to bury.
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They took Jesus' body and, following the Jewish burial custom, wrapped it in linen with the spices.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
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There was a garden near the place he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed.
42 Then because of the Yehudim' Preparation (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Yeshua there.
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So, because it was Sabbath preparation for the Jews and the tomb was convenient, they placed Jesus in it.
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