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1 Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.
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Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
2 The soldiers made a crown from some thorny branches and put it on Jesus' head and put a purple robe around him.
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The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
3 Then they came to him many times and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and hit him in the face.
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“Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
4 Again Pilate came out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing Jesus out to you. I want you to know that I find nothing against him."
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Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.”
5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"
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Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
6 When the leading priests and the guards saw Jesus, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" But Pilate answered, "Crucify him yourselves, because I find nothing against him."
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When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” “Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.”
7 The Jews answered, "We have a law that says he should die, because he said he is the Son of God."
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The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.
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When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.
9 He went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus did not answer him.
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He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.
10 Pilate said, "You refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have power to set you free and power to have you crucified?"
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“Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”
11 Jesus answered, "The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. The man who turned me in to you is guilty of a greater sin."
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Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
12 After this, Pilate tried to let Jesus go. But the Jews cried out, "Anyone who makes himself king is against Caesar. If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar."
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Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard what they were saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at the place called The Stone Pavement. (In the Jewish languagen the name is Gabbatha.)
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When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, ).
14 It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"
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It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is your king!”
15 They shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to crucify your king?" The leading priests answered, "The only king we have is Caesar."
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“Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!” “What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.
16 So Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. The soldiers took charge of Jesus.
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Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. The Crucifixion So they took Jesus away.
17 Carrying his own cross, Jesus went out to a place called The Place of the Skull, which in the Jewish languagen is called Golgotha.
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Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, ).
18 There they crucified Jesus. They also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
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There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them.
19 Pilate wrote a sign and put it on the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
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And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
20 The sign was written in the Jewish language, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the Jews read the sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city.
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The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.
21 The leading Jewish priests said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews.' But write, 'This man said, "I am the King of the Jews."' "
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Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
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Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.”
23 After the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, with each soldier getting one part. They also took his long shirt, which was all one piece of cloth, woven from top to bottom.
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When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24 So the soldiers said to each other, "We should not tear this into parts. Let's throw lots to see who will get it." This happened so that this Scripture would come true: "They divided my clothes among them, and they threw lots for my clothing." So the soldiers did this.
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So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice for it.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.” So that is what they did.
25 Standing near his cross were Jesus' mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
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Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the follower he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son."
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When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.”
27 Then he said to the follower, "Here is your mother." From that time on, the follower took her to live in his home.
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And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
28 After this, Jesus knew that everything had been done. So that the Scripture would come true, he said, "I am thirsty."
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Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”
29 There was a jar full of vinegar there, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' mouth.
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A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
30 When Jesus tasted the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and died.
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When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.
31 This day was Preparation Day, and the next day was a special Sabbath day. Since the Jews did not want the bodies to stay on the cross on the Sabbath day, they asked Pilate to order that the legs of the men be brokenn and the bodies be taken away.
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It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was the Passover). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.
32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man on the cross beside Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the man on the other cross beside Jesus.
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So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.
33 But when the soldiers came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
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But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs.
34 But one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and at once blood and water came out.
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One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
35 (The one who saw this happen is the one who told us this, and whatever he says is true. And he knows that he tells the truth, and he tells it so that you might believe.)
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(This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe. )
36 These things happened to make the Scripture come true: "Not one of his bones will be broken."
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These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
37 And another Scripture says, "They will look at the one they stabbed."
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and “They will look on the one they pierced.”
38 Later, Joseph from Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take the body of Jesus. (Joseph was a secret follower of Jesus, because he was afraid of the Jews.) Pilate gave his permission, so Joseph came and took Jesus' body away.
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Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away.
39 Nicodemus, who earlier had come to Jesus at night, went with Joseph. He brought about seventy-five pounds of myrrh and aloes.
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With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.
40 These two men took Jesus' body and wrapped it with the spices in pieces of linen cloth, which is how the Jewish people bury the dead.
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Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth.
41 In the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb that had never been used before.
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The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.
42 The men laid Jesus in that tomb because it was nearby, and the Jews were preparing to start their Sabbath day.
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And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
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