John 19:16-42

The Crucifixion

16 So he then ¹handed Him over to them to be crucified.

17 ²They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ³bearing His own cross, to the place called ⁴the Place of a Skull, which is called ⁵in Hebrew, Golgotha.

18 There they crucified Him, and with Him ⁶two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.

19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "⁷JESUS THE NAZARENE, ⁸THE 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 ⁹in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '¹⁰The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am ¹¹King of the Jews.' "

22 Pilate answered, "¹²What I have written I have written."

23 Then ¹³the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ¹⁴four 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, "¹⁵Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; ¹⁶this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY ¹⁷DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."

25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. ¹⁸But standing by the cross of Jesus were ¹⁹His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ²⁰Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and ²¹the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "²²Woman, behold, your son!"

27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into ²³his own household.

28 After this, Jesus, ²⁴knowing that all things had already been accomplished, ²⁵to fulfill the Scripture, said, "²⁶I am thirsty."

29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ²⁷they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "²⁸It is finished!" And He bowed His head and ²⁹gave up His spirit.

Care of the Body of Jesus

31 Then the Jews, because it was ³⁰the day of preparation, so that ³¹the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a ³²high day ), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32 So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was ³³crucified with Him;

33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ³⁴blood and water came out.

35 And he who has seen has ³⁵testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

36 For these things came to pass ³⁶to fulfill the Scripture, "³⁷NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."

37 And again another Scripture says, "³⁸THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."

38 ³⁹After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a ⁴⁰secret one for ⁴¹fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

39 ⁴²Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ⁴³bringing a mixture of ⁴⁴myrrh and aloes, about a ⁴⁵hundred pounds weight.

40 So they took the body of Jesus and ⁴⁶bound it in ⁴⁷linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a ⁴⁸new tomb ⁴⁹in which no one had yet been laid.

42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of ⁵⁰preparation, since the tomb was ⁵¹nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25
• 2. John 19:17-24: {Matthew 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:33-43}
• 3. Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 14:27; Luke 23:26
• 4. Luke 23:33
• 5. John 19:13
• 6. Luke 23:32
• 7. Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38
• 8. John 19:14, 21
• 9. John 19:13
• 10. John 19:14, 19
• 11. John 19:14, 19
• 12. Genesis 43:14; Esther 4:16
• 13. Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
• 14. Acts 12:4
• 15. Exodus 28:32; Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34
• 16. John 19:28, 36
• 17. Psalms 22:18
• 18. Matthew 27:55; Mark 15:40; Luke 23:49
• 19. Matthew 12:46
• 20. Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 18
• 21. John 13:23
• 22. John 2:4
• 23. Luke 18:28; John 1:11; John 16:32; Acts 21:6
• 24. John 13:1; John 17:4
• 25. John 19:24, 36
• 26. Psalms 69:21
• 27. John 19:29, 30: {Matthew 27:48, 50; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36}
• 28. John 17:4
• 29. Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46
• 30. John 19:14, 42
• 31. Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 8:29; Joshua 10:26
• 32. Exodus 12:16
• 33. John 19:18
• 34. 1 John 5:6, 8
• 35. John 15:27; John 21:24
• 36. John 19:24, 28
• 37. Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalms 34:20
• 38. Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7
• 39. John 19:38-42: {Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56}
• 40. Mark 15:43
• 41. John 7:13
• 42. John 3:1
• 43. Mark 16:1
• 44. Psalms 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Songs 4:14; Matthew 2:11
• 45. John 12:3
• 46. Matthew 26:12; Mark 14:8; John 11:44
• 47. Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 7
• 48. Matthew 27:60
• 49. Luke 23:53
• 50. John 19:14, 31
• 51. John 19:20, 41

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "bearing the cross for Himself"
• [b]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
• [c]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
• [d]. Gr "khiton," the garment worn next to the skin
• [e]. Lit "from the upper part through the whole"
• [f]. Lit "a lot"
• [g]. Lit "for the day of that Sabbath was great"
• [h]. Or "crushed" or "shattered"
• [i]. Two early mss read "package of"
• [j]. Lit "100 litras" (12 oz each)