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1. The Soldiers Mock Jesus

   (Isaiah 50:4–11; Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; Luke 22:63–65)

2. 1UDBThen Pilate sent for Jesus. He had his soldiers beat him severely using whips.BSBBSB: Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
3. 2UDBThe soldiers also twisted together a crown and they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him.BSBBSB: The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
4. 3UDBThey mocked him and said, "Greetings, King of the Jews!" and they struck him over and over again.BSBBSB: And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
5. 4UDBPilate came outside again and said to the people, "Look, I am bringing him out to you so that you can know that I find no reason to punish him."BSBBSB: Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
6. 5UDBSo Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"BSBBSB: When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
7. 6UDBWhen the chief priests and temple guards saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him! As for me, I find no reason to punish him."BSBBSB: As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
8. 7UDBThe Jewish leaders replied to Pilate, "We have a certain law that says he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God."BSBBSB: “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
9. 8UDBWhen Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.BSBBSB: When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
10. 9UDBHe entered his headquarters once more and called the soldiers to bring Jesus back inside. Then he said to Jesus, "From where do you come?" However, Jesus gave him no answer.BSBBSB: and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
11. 10UDBSo Pilate said to him, "Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I also have authority to crucify you?"BSBBSB: So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
12. 11UDBJesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all, if God had not given it to you. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin."BSBBSB: Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
13. 12UDBFrom that moment on, Pilate kept trying to release Jesus. However, the Jewish leaders cried out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anyone who makes himself a king stands opposed to Caesar."BSBBSB: From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
14. 13UDBWhen Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out. Then Pilate sat down before him in the judgment seat, the place where he usually pronounced verdicts. This was called "The Stone Pavement," and in the Hebrew language it was "Gabbatha."BSBBSB: When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
15. 14UDBNow it was the day before the Passover Festival, the day of preparation. It was almost noontime when Pilate said to the Jews, "See, here is your king!"BSBBSB: It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
16. 15UDBThey shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your king?" The chief priests replied, "We have no king but Caesar!"BSBBSB: At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

17. The Crucifixion

    (Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:32–44; Mark 15:21–32; Luke 23:26–43)

18. 16UDBSo Pilate handed Jesus over to them, and they took him away.BSBBSB: Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.
19. 17UDBHe went out, carrying his own cross by himself to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which in the Hebrew language is called "Golgotha."BSBBSB: Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
20. 18UDBThere they crucified him, and at the same time they also nailed two other criminals to their crosses. One was on either side, with Jesus in the middle.BSBBSB: There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
21. 19UDBPilate also told someone to write on a board a notice and fasten it to Jesus's cross. It read, 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.'BSBBSB: Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
22. 20UDBMany Jews read this sign because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in three languages: Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.BSBBSB: Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
23. 21UDBThe chief priests went back to Pilate and said, "You should not have written, 'King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, "I am King of the Jews."'"BSBBSB: So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
24. 22UDBPilate replied, "You must leave the sign exactly as I have written it."BSBBSB: Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
25. 23UDBAfter the soldiers had put Jesus on the cross, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. However, they kept his tunic separate. This tunic had been woven from top to bottom from one piece of cloth.BSBBSB: When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
26. 24UDBSo they said to each other, "Let us not tear it. Instead, let us decide who will keep it as one piece by casting lots for the one who will get it." This happened to make come true the scripture that said, "They divided my clothes among them. They cast lots for my clothing."BSBBSB: So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
27. 25UDBThe soldiers did those things. Jesus's mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were all standing near his cross.BSBBSB: Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
28. 26UDBWhen Jesus saw his mother standing there and John, the disciple whom he especially loved, standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Mother, here is the one who will act like a son to you."BSBBSB: When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
29. 27UDBAnd he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother!" So from that very moment, that disciple took her to live in his home.BSBBSB: Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

30. The Death of Jesus

    (Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; Luke 23:44–49)

31. 28UDBA little later, Jesus knew that everything that God sent him to do had now been done, and in order to make come true one final thing that the scriptures had foretold, he said, "I am thirsty!"BSBBSB: After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
32. 29UDBA jar of sour wine stood there, so they took a short branch from a hyssop plant and put a sponge on it, and they dipped in the sour wine and held it up to Jesus's mouth.BSBBSB: A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.
33. 30UDBAfter Jesus drank the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and died.BSBBSB: When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

34. Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

    (Zechariah 12:10–14)

35. 31UDBThis was the day of preparation for the Passover (and the next day was a very special Sabbath). It was against the law to allow dead bodies to remain on the crosses on the Sabbath, so they went to Pilate and asked him to break the legs of the three men so that the men would die quickly and their bodies would be taken down.BSBBSB: It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
36. 32UDBSo the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other, the two men who had been crucified with Jesus.BSBBSB: So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.
37. 33UDBWhen they came to Jesus, they saw he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.BSBBSB: But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
38. 34UDBInstead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus's side with a spear, and right away blood and water poured out of his body.BSBBSB: Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
39. 35UDBThe one who saw this bears witness—his testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth—so that you may put your trust in Jesus.BSBBSB: The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
40. 36UDBThese things happened in order to fulfill what was written in scripture: "No one will break any of his bones."BSBBSB: Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
41. 37UDBAnd they fulfilled another scripture that read: 'They will look on the one whom they have pierced.'BSBBSB: And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

42. The Burial of Jesus

    (Isaiah 53:9–12; Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56)

43. 38UDBAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple because he was afraid of the Jews, went to Pilate and asked him if he might take away Jesus's body. Pilate gave Joseph permission, so he came and took away the body of Jesus.BSBBSB: Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
44. 39UDBNicodemus, who had once come to Jesus at night, also came and brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloe spices to prepare the body for burial. The spices weighed about 33 kilograms.BSBBSB: Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
45. 40UDBThey took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth, and they packed the wrappings full with all the spices.BSBBSB: So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
46. 41UDBNow in the place where Jesus was crucified was a garden, and at the edge of the garden was a new tomb in which no one had been buried.BSBBSB: Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
47. 42UDBThe Passover was about to begin that evening, and they chose the tomb where they would bury Jesus because it was close at hand. That is where they laid the body of Jesus.BSBBSB: And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

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