John 19:16-37
John 19:16-37
Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be nailed to a cross.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
Jesus was taken away, and he carried his cross to a place known as
"The Skull." In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha." There Jesus
was nailed to the cross, and on each side of him a man was also nailed
to a cross.
Pilate ordered the charge against Jesus to be written on a board and
put above the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."
The words were written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The place where
Jesus was taken wasn't far from the city, and many of the Jewish
people read the charge against him. So the chief priests went to
Pilate and said, "Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You
should have written, 'He claimed to be King of the Jews.'" But Pilate
told them, "What is written will not be changed!" After the soldiers
had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four
parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a
single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams. The soldiers
said to each other, "Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who
gets it." This happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which
say, "They divided up my clothes and gambled for my garments." The
soldiers then did what they had decided.
Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife
of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too. When Jesus saw his
mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother,
"This man is now your son." Then he said to the disciple, "She is now
your mother." From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
The Death of Jesus
Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the
Scriptures come true, he said, "I am thirsty!" A jar of cheap wine
was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up
to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant. After Jesus drank the
wine, he said, "Everything is done!" He bowed his head and died.
A Spear Is Stuck in Jesus' Side
The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a
special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to
stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the
men's legs and take their bodies down. The soldiers first broke the
legs of the other two men who were nailed there. But when they came
to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, and they did not break
his legs. One of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and
blood and water came out. We know this is true, because it was told
by someone who saw it happen. Now you can have faith too. All this
happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, "No bone
of his body will be broken" and, "They will see the one in whose side
they stuck a spear."
God bless you.
Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be nailed to a cross.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
Jesus was taken away, and he carried his cross to a place known as
"The Skull." In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha." There Jesus
was nailed to the cross, and on each side of him a man was also nailed
to a cross.
Pilate ordered the charge against Jesus to be written on a board and
put above the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."
The words were written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The place where
Jesus was taken wasn't far from the city, and many of the Jewish
people read the charge against him. So the chief priests went to
Pilate and said, "Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You
should have written, 'He claimed to be King of the Jews.'" But Pilate
told them, "What is written will not be changed!" After the soldiers
had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four
parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a
single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams. The soldiers
said to each other, "Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who
gets it." This happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which
say, "They divided up my clothes and gambled for my garments." The
soldiers then did what they had decided.
Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife
of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too. When Jesus saw his
mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother,
"This man is now your son." Then he said to the disciple, "She is now
your mother." From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
The Death of Jesus
Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the
Scriptures come true, he said, "I am thirsty!" A jar of cheap wine
was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up
to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant. After Jesus drank the
wine, he said, "Everything is done!" He bowed his head and died.
A Spear Is Stuck in Jesus' Side
The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a
special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to
stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the
men's legs and take their bodies down. The soldiers first broke the
legs of the other two men who were nailed there. But when they came
to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, and they did not break
his legs. One of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and
blood and water came out. We know this is true, because it was told
by someone who saw it happen. Now you can have faith too. All this
happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, "No bone
of his body will be broken" and, "They will see the one in whose side
they stuck a spear."
God bless you.
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