1Allora Pilato prese Gesù e lo fece flagellare.2I soldati, intrecciata una corona di spine, gliela posero sul capo e gli misero addosso un manto di porpora; e si accostavano a lui e dicevano:3«Salve, re dei Giudei!» E lo schiaffeggiavano.4Pilato uscì di nuovo e disse loro: «Ecco, ve lo conduco fuori, affinché sappiate che non trovo in lui nessuna colpa».5Gesù dunque uscì, portando la corona di spine e il manto di porpora. Pilato disse loro: «Ecco l’uomo!»6Come dunque i capi dei sacerdoti e le guardie lo ebbero visto, gridarono: «Crocifiggilo, crocifiggilo!» Pilato disse loro: «Prendetelo voi e crocifiggetelo; perché io non trovo in lui alcuna colpa».7I Giudei gli risposero: «Noi abbiamo una legge, e secondo questa legge egli deve morire, perché si è fatto Figlio di Dio».8Quando Pilato udì questa parola, ebbe ancora più paura;9e rientrato nel pretorio, disse a Gesù: «Di dove sei tu?» Ma Gesù non gli diede alcuna risposta.10Allora Pilato gli disse: «Non mi parli? Non sai che ho il potere di liberarti e il potere di crocifiggerti?»11Gesù {gli} rispose: «Tu non avresti alcuna autorità su di me, se ciò non ti fosse stato dato dall’alto; perciò chi mi ha dato nelle tue mani ha maggior colpa».12Da quel momento Pilato cercava di liberarlo; ma i Giudei gridavano, dicendo: «Se liberi costui non sei amico di Cesare. Chiunque si fa re, si oppone a Cesare».13Pilato dunque, udite queste parole, condusse fuori Gesù e si mise a sedere in tribunale nel luogo detto Lastrico[1], e in ebraico Gabbatà[2].14Era la preparazione della Pasqua, ed era l’ora sesta[3]. Egli disse ai Giudei: «Ecco il vostro re!»15Allora essi gridarono: «Toglilo, toglilo di mezzo, crocifiggilo!» Pilato disse loro: «Crocifiggerò il vostro re?» I capi dei sacerdoti risposero: «Noi non abbiamo altro re che Cesare».16Allora lo consegnò loro perché fosse crocifisso.
La crocifissione di Gesù
17Presero dunque Gesù; e, portando egli stesso la croce, si avviò verso il luogo detto del Teschio, che in ebraico si chiama Golgota,18dove lo crocifissero assieme ad altri due, uno di qua, l’altro di là, e Gesù nel mezzo.19Pilato fece pure un’iscrizione e la pose sulla croce. V’era scritto: «Gesù il Nazareno, il re dei Giudei».20Molti Giudei lessero questa iscrizione, perché il luogo dove Gesù fu crocifisso era vicino alla città; e l’iscrizione era in ebraico, in latino e in greco.21Perciò i capi dei sacerdoti dei Giudei dicevano a Pilato: «Non scrivere: “Il re dei Giudei”; ma che egli ha detto: “Io sono il re dei Giudei”».22Pilato rispose: «Quello che ho scritto, ho scritto».23I soldati dunque, quando ebbero crocifisso Gesù, presero le sue vesti e ne fecero quattro parti, una parte per ciascun soldato, e anche la tunica. La tunica era senza cuciture, tessuta per intero dall’alto in basso.24Dissero dunque tra di loro: «Non stracciamola, ma tiriamo a sorte a chi tocchi»; affinché si adempisse la Scrittura {che dice}: «Hanno spartito fra loro le mie vesti e hanno tirato a sorte la mia tunica»[4]. Questo fecero dunque i soldati.25Presso la croce di Gesù stavano sua madre e la sorella di sua madre, Maria di Cleopa e Maria Maddalena.26Gesù dunque, vedendo sua madre e presso di lei il discepolo che egli amava, disse a sua madre: «Donna, ecco tuo figlio!»27Poi disse al discepolo: «Ecco tua madre!» E da quel momento, il discepolo la prese in casa sua.28Dopo questo, Gesù, sapendo che ogni cosa era già compiuta, affinché si adempisse la Scrittura[5], disse: «Ho sete».29C’era lì un vaso pieno d’aceto; posta dunque una spugna imbevuta d’aceto in cima a un ramo d’issopo, l’accostarono alla sua bocca.30Quando Gesù ebbe preso l’aceto, disse: «È compiuto!» E chinato il capo rese lo spirito.31Allora i Giudei, perché i corpi non rimanessero sulla croce durante il sabato (poiché era la Preparazione[6] e quel sabato era un gran giorno), chiesero a Pilato che fossero loro spezzate le gambe e fossero portati via.32I soldati dunque vennero e spezzarono le gambe al primo, e poi anche all’altro che era crocifisso con lui;33ma giunti a Gesù, lo videro già morto e non gli spezzarono le gambe,34ma uno dei soldati gli forò il costato con una lancia, e subito ne uscì sangue e acqua.35Colui che lo ha visto, ne ha reso testimonianza, e la sua testimonianza è vera; ed egli sa che dice il vero, affinché anche voi crediate.36Poiché questo è avvenuto affinché si adempisse la Scrittura: «Nessun osso di lui sarà spezzato»[7].37E un’altra Scrittura dice: «Volgeranno lo sguardo a colui che hanno trafitto»[8].
Il seppellimento di Gesù
38Dopo queste cose, Giuseppe d’Arimatea, che era discepolo di Gesù, ma in segreto per timore dei Giudei, chiese a Pilato di poter prendere il corpo di Gesù, e Pilato glielo permise. Egli dunque venne e prese il corpo di Gesù.39Nicodemo, quello che in precedenza era andato da Gesù di notte, venne anch’egli, portando una mistura di mirra e d’aloe di circa cento libbre.40Essi dunque presero il corpo di Gesù e lo avvolsero in fasce con gli aromi, secondo il modo di seppellire in uso presso i Giudei.41Nel luogo dove egli era stato crocifisso c’era un giardino, e in quel giardino un sepolcro nuovo, dove nessuno era ancora stato deposto.42Là dunque deposero Gesù, a motivo della Preparazione dei Giudei, perché il sepolcro era vicino.
1Dann nahm nun Pilatus Jesus und ließ ihn geißeln. (Is 50,6; Is 53,5; Mat 20,19; Mat 27,26; Mar 15,15)2Und die Soldaten flochten eine Krone aus Dornen und setzten sie auf sein Haupt und warfen ihm ein Purpurgewand um;3und sie kamen zu ihm und sagten: Sei gegrüßt, König der Juden! Und sie gaben ihm Schläge ⟨ins Gesicht⟩. (Mat 26,67; Giov 18,22)4Und Pilatus ging wieder hinaus und spricht zu ihnen: Siehe, ich führe ihn zu euch heraus, damit ihr erkennt, dass ich keinerlei Schuld an ihm finde. (Lu 23,4; Giov 7,18)5Jesus nun ging hinaus und trug die Dornenkrone und das Purpurgewand. Und er spricht zu ihnen: Siehe, der Mensch!6Als ihn nun die Hohen Priester[1] und die Diener sahen, schrien sie und sagten: Kreuzige, kreuzige ⟨ihn⟩! Pilatus spricht zu ihnen: Nehmt ihr ihn hin und kreuzigt ihn! Denn ich finde keine Schuld an ihm. (Sal 22,14; Mar 15,14; Lu 23,4; Giov 7,18; Giov 19,15)7Die Juden antworteten ihm: Wir haben ein Gesetz, und nach dem Gesetz muss er sterben, weil er sich selbst zu Gottes Sohn gemacht hat. (Le 24,16; Mat 26,66; Giov 5,18; Giov 18,31)8Als nun Pilatus dieses Wort hörte, fürchtete er sich noch mehr;9und er ging wieder hinein in das Prätorium und spricht zu Jesus: Woher bist du? Jesus aber gab ihm keine Antwort. (Mat 26,63; Mar 15,5)10Da spricht Pilatus zu ihm: Redest du nicht mit mir? Weißt du nicht, dass ich Macht[2] habe, dich loszugeben, und Macht habe, dich zu kreuzigen?11Jesus antwortete: Du hättest keinerlei Macht[3] über mich, wenn sie dir nicht von oben gegeben wäre; darum hat der, welcher mich dir überliefert hat, größere Sünde. (Giov 18,35)12Daraufhin suchte Pilatus ihn loszugeben. Die Juden aber schrien und sagten: Wenn du diesen losgibst, bist du des Kaisers Freund[4] nicht; jeder, der sich selbst zum König macht, widersetzt sich dem Kaiser. (Lu 23,2)13Als nun Pilatus diese Worte hörte, führte er Jesus hinaus und setzte sich auf den Richterstuhl an einen Ort, genannt Steinpflaster[5], auf Hebräisch aber Gabbata. (Mat 27,19)14Es war aber Rüsttag[6] des Passah; es war um die sechste Stunde[7]. Und er spricht zu den Juden: Siehe, euer König! (Giov 19,31)15Sie aber schrien: Weg, weg! Kreuzige ihn! Pilatus spricht zu ihnen: Euren König soll ich kreuzigen? Die Hohen Priester antworteten: Wir haben keinen König außer dem Kaiser. (Lu 23,23; Giov 19,6; At 3,13; At 13,28)16Dann nun lieferte er ihn an sie aus, dass er gekreuzigt wurde. Sie aber nahmen Jesus hin[8] und führten ihn fort[9].
Golgatha: Kreuzigung
17Und er selbst trug sein Kreuz und ging hinaus nach der Stätte, genannt Schädelstätte, die auf Hebräisch Golgatha heißt, (Mat 27,32; Mar 15,21; Lu 23,26)18wo sie ihn kreuzigten, und zwei andere mit ihm, auf dieser und auf jener Seite, Jesus aber in der Mitte. (Sal 22,17; Mat 20,19; Lu 20,15; Ap 11,8)19Pilatus schrieb aber auch eine Aufschrift und setzte sie auf das Kreuz. Es war aber geschrieben: Jesus, der Nazoräer[10], der König der Juden. (Mat 2,2; Giov 18,5)20Diese Aufschrift nun lasen viele von den Juden, denn die Stätte, wo Jesus gekreuzigt wurde, war nahe bei der Stadt; und es war geschrieben auf Hebräisch, Lateinisch ⟨und⟩ Griechisch.21Die Hohen Priester der Juden sagten nun zu Pilatus: Schreibe nicht: Der König der Juden, sondern dass jener gesagt hat: Ich bin König der Juden. (Mar 15,2)22Pilatus antwortete: Was ich geschrieben habe, habe ich geschrieben.23Die Soldaten nun nahmen, als sie Jesus gekreuzigt hatten, seine Kleider – und machten vier Teile, einem jeden Soldaten einen Teil – und das Untergewand. Das Untergewand aber war ohne Naht, von obenan durchgewebt.24Da sprachen sie zueinander: Lasst es uns nicht zerreißen, sondern darum losen, wessen es sein soll! Damit die Schrift erfüllt wurde, die spricht: »Sie haben meine Kleider unter sich verteilt, und über mein Gewand haben sie das Los geworfen.« Die Soldaten nun haben dies getan. (Sal 22,19)25Es standen aber bei dem Kreuz Jesu seine Mutter und die Schwester seiner Mutter, Maria, des Klopas ⟨Frau⟩, und Maria Magdalena[11]. (Mat 27,56)26Als nun Jesus die Mutter sah und den Jünger, den er liebte, dabeistehen, spricht er zu seiner Mutter: Frau, siehe, dein Sohn! (Giov 13,23)27Dann spricht er zu dem Jünger: Siehe, deine Mutter! Und von jener Stunde an nahm der Jünger sie zu sich.
Golgatha: Tod
28Danach, da Jesus wusste, dass alles schon vollbracht war, spricht er, damit die Schrift erfüllt würde: Mich dürstet! (Sal 22,16; Mat 27,45; Mar 15,33; Lu 23,44; Giov 13,1; Giov 13,38; 1Co 15,3)29Es stand da ein Gefäß voll Essig. Sie legten nun einen Schwamm voller Essig um einen Ysop[12] und brachten ihn an seinen Mund. (Lu 23,36)30Als nun Jesus den Essig genommen hatte, sprach er: Es ist vollbracht! Und er neigte das Haupt und übergab den Geist. (Lu 12,50; Giov 10,18)31Die Juden nun baten den Pilatus, damit die Leiber nicht am Sabbat am Kreuz blieben, weil es Rüsttag war – denn der Tag jenes Sabbats war groß –, dass ihre Beine gebrochen und sie abgenommen würden. (De 21,23; Mat 27,62; Giov 19,14)32Da kamen die Soldaten und brachen die Beine des ersten und des anderen, der mit ihm gekreuzigt war.33Als sie aber zu Jesus kamen und sahen, dass er schon gestorben war, brachen sie ihm die Beine nicht, (Mar 15,44)34sondern einer der Soldaten durchbohrte mit einem Speer seine Seite, und sogleich kam Blut und Wasser heraus. (Giov 20,20; 1G 5,6)35Und der es gesehen hat, hat es bezeugt, und sein Zeugnis ist wahr; und er weiß, dass er sagt, ⟨was⟩ wahr ⟨ist⟩, damit auch ihr glaubt. (Giov 15,27; Giov 20,31; 1G 1,3)36Denn dies geschah, damit die Schrift erfüllt wurde: »Kein Bein von ihm wird zerbrochen werden.« (Eso 12,46; Nu 9,12; Sal 34,21)37Und wieder sagt eine andere Schrift: »Sie werden den anschauen, den sie durchstochen haben.« (Zac 12,10; Ap 1,7)
Grablegung
38Danach aber bat Josef von Arimathäa, der ein Jünger Jesu war, aber ein geheimer aus Furcht vor den Juden, den Pilatus, dass er den Leib Jesu abnehmen dürfe. Und Pilatus erlaubte es. Er kam nun und nahm den Leib Jesu ab. (Mat 27,57; Mar 15,42; Lu 23,50; Giov 7,13)39Es kam aber auch Nikodemus, der zuerst bei Nacht zu Jesus gekommen war, und brachte eine Mischung von Myrrhe und Aloe[13], ungefähr hundert Pfund[14]. (Giov 3,1)40Sie nahmen nun den Leib Jesu und wickelten ihn in Leinentücher mit den wohlriechenden Ölen, wie es bei den Juden zu bestatten Sitte ist.41Es war aber an dem Ort, wo er gekreuzigt wurde, ein Garten und in dem Garten eine neue Gruft, in die noch nie jemand gelegt worden war.42Dorthin nun legten sie Jesus, wegen des Rüsttags der Juden, weil die Gruft nahe war.
1Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. (Mat 20,19; Mat 27,26; Mar 15,15; Lu 23,16)2And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. (Mat 27,27; Mar 15,16)3They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.4Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” (Giov 18,38; Giov 19,6)5So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” (Giov 19,2; Giov 19,14)6When 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 guilt in him.” (Giov 18,31; Giov 19,4)7The Jews[1] answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” (Le 24,16; Mat 26,63; Lu 22,70; Giov 5,17; Giov 5,18; Giov 10,33; Giov 10,36)8When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. (Mat 27,19)9He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. (Mat 26,63; Giov 7,27; Giov 18,33; Giov 18,37)10So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?”11Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” (Mat 27,2; Giov 9,41; Giov 18,14; Giov 18,28; Ro 13,1)12From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” (Lu 23,2; At 3,13)13So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[2] Gabbatha. (Mat 27,19)14Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.[3] He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” (Mat 27,62; Giov 18,28; Giov 19,5)15They 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.” (Lu 23,18; At 21,36)
The Crucifixion
16So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, (Mat 27,26; Mar 15,15; Lu 23,25; Giov 18,36)17and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. (Mat 27,32; Mat 27,33; Mar 15,21; Mar 15,22; Lu 14,27; Lu 23,26; Lu 23,33)18There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. (Mat 27,38; Mar 15,24; Mar 15,27; Lu 23,32; Lu 23,33)19Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” (Mat 27,37; Mar 15,26; Lu 23,38)20Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. (Nu 15,35; Nu 15,36; Giov 19,17; Eb 13,12)21So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”22Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” (Gen 43,14; Est 4,16)23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.[4] But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, (Mat 27,35; Mar 15,24; Lu 23,34)24so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things, (Sal 22,18; Giov 13,18)25but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. (Mat 27,55; Mat 27,56; Mar 15,40; Mar 15,41; Lu 23,49)26When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” (Giov 2,4; Giov 13,23)27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (Giov 16,32)
The Death of Jesus
28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” (Sal 4,6; Sal 4,7; Sal 69,21; Giov 19,24; Giov 19,30)29A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. (Mat 27,48; Mar 15,36; Lu 23,36)30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (Mat 27,50; Mar 15,37; Lu 23,46; At 13,29; At 17,4)
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain 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. (Eso 12,16; De 21,23; Gios 8,29; Gios 10,26; Gios 10,27; Giov 19,14)32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. (Giov 19,18)33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.34But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. (1G 5,6; 1G 5,8)35He who saw it has borne witness— his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth— that you also may believe. (Giov 15,27; Giov 20,31; Giov 21,24; 1G 1,1; Ap 1,2)36For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” (Eso 12,46; Nu 9,12; Sal 34,20; Mat 1,22; 1Co 5,7)37And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” (Zac 12,10; Ap 1,7)
Jesus Is Buried
38After these things Joseph of Arimathea, 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 permission. So he came and took away his body. (Mat 27,57; Mar 15,42; Lu 23,50; Giov 7,13)39Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[5] by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[6] in weight. (Sal 45,8; Prov 7,17; Cc 4,14; Mar 16,1; Lu 24,1; Giov 3,1; Giov 3,2; Giov 7,50)40So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. (2Cr 16,14; Lu 24,12; Giov 11,44; Giov 20,5; At 5,6)41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. (2Re 21,18; 2Re 21,26; Mar 11,2; Lu 23,53; Giov 20,15)42So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. (Giov 19,14; Giov 19,41)
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King James Version
1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.4Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!6When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.8When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;9And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.10Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.17And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:18Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.19And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.21Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.24They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.