The Soldiers Mock Jesus (Isaiah 50:4–11; Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; Luke 22:63–65)
1 TNT Then Pylate toke Iesus and scourged him. BSB BSB: Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
2 TNT And the soudiers wounde a croune of thornes and put it on his heed. And they dyd on him a purple garment BSB BSB: The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
3 TNT and sayd: hayll kynge of the Iewes: and they smote him on the face. BSB BSB: And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
4 TNT Pylate went forthe agayne and sayde vnto them: beholde I bringe him forth to you that ye maye knowe that I fynde no faute in him. BSB BSB: 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.”
5 TNT Then came Iesus forthe wearynge a croune of thorne and a robe of purple. And Pylate sayd vnto them: beholde the man. BSB BSB: When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 TNT When the hye Prestes and ministres sawe him they cryed sayinge: crucify him crucify him. Pylate sayde vnto them. Take ye him and crucify him: for I fynde no cause in him. BSB BSB: 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.”
7 TNT The Iewes answered him. We have a lawe and by oure lawe he ought to dye: because he made him selfe the sonne of God. BSB BSB: “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.”
8 TNT When Pylate hearde that sayinge he was the moare afrayde BSB BSB: When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
9 TNT and went agayne into the iudgment hall and sayde vnto Iesus: whence arte thou? But Iesus gave him none answere. BSB BSB: and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
10 TNT Then sayde Pylate vnto him. Speakest thou not vnto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify the and have power to lowse the? BSB BSB: 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?”
11 TNT Iesus answered: Thou couldest have no power at all agaynst me except it were geven the from above. Therfore he that delyvered me vnto the is moare in synne. BSB BSB: 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.”
12 TNT And from thence forthe sought Pylate meanes to lowse him: but the Iewes cryed sayinge: yf thou let him goo thou arte not Cesars frende. For whosoever maketh hi selfe a kynge is agaynst Cesar BSB BSB: 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.”
13 TNT When Pylate hearde that sayinge he brought Iesus forthe and sate doune to geve sentence in a place called the pavement: but in the Hebrue tonge Gabbatha. BSB BSB: 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.
14 TNT It was the Saboth even which falleth in the ester fest and aboute the sixte houre. And he sayde vnto the Iewes: beholde youre kynge. BSB BSB: It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
15 TNT They cryed awaye with him awaye with him crucify him. Pylate sayde vnto them. Shall I crucify youre kynge? The hye Prestes answered: we have no kynge but Cesar. BSB BSB: 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.
The Crucifixion (Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:32–44; Mark 15:21–32; Luke 23:26–43)
16 TNT Then delyvered he him vnto them to be crucified. And they toke Iesus and led him awaye. BSB BSB: Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.
17 TNT And he bare his crosse and went forthe into a place called the place of deed mens sculles which is named in Hebrue Golgatha. BSB BSB: Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
19 TNT And Pylate wrote his tytle and put it on the crosse. The writynge was Iesus of Nazareth kynge of the Iewes. This tytle reed many of the Iewes. BSB BSB: Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
21 TNT Then sayde the hye prestes of the Iewes to Pylate: wryte not kynge of the Iewes: but that he sayde I am kynge of the Iewes. BSB BSB: 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.’”
22 TNT Pylate answered: what I have written that have I written. BSB BSB: Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 TNT Then the soudiers when they had crucified Iesus toke his garmentes and made foure partes to every soudier a parte and also his coote. The coote was with out seme wrought vpon thorowe out. BSB BSB: 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.
24 TNT And they sayde one to another. Let vs not devyde it: but cast loostes who shall have it That the scripture myght be fulfilled which sayth. They parted my rayment amonge them and on my coote dyd cast lottes. And the soudiers dyd soche thinges in dede. BSB BSB: 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 TNT Then sayde he to the disciple: beholde thy mother. And from that houre the disciple toke her for his awne. BSB BSB: Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
The Death of Jesus (Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; Luke 23:44–49)
28 TNT After that when Iesus perceaved that all thinges were performed: that the scripture myght be fulfilled he sayde: I thyrst. BSB BSB: After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
29 TNT Ther stode a vessell full of veneger by. And they filled a sponge with veneger and wounde it about with ysope and put it to his mouth. BSB BSB: 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.
30 TNT Assone as Iesus had receaved of the veneger he sayd: It is fynesshed and bowed his heed and gaue vp the goost. BSB BSB: When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced (Zechariah 12:10–14)
31 TNT The Iewes then because it was the saboth even that the bodyes shuld not remayne apon the crosse on the saboth daye (for that saboth daye was an hye daye) besought Pylate that their legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken doune. BSB BSB: 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.
33 TNT But when they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deed already they brake not his legges: BSB BSB: But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
34 TNT but one of the soudiers with a speare thrust him into the syde and forthwith came ther out bloud and water. BSB BSB: Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
35 TNT And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleve also. BSB BSB: 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.
36 TNT These thinges were done that the scripture shuld be fulfilled: Ye shall not breake a boone of him. BSB BSB: Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
37 TNT And agayne another scripture sayth: They shall looke on him whom they pearsed. BSB BSB: And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
The Burial of Jesus (Isaiah 53:9–12; Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56)
38 TNT After that Ioseph of Aramathia (which was a disciple of Iesus: but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pylate that he myght take doune the body of Iesus. And Pylate gave him licence. BSB BSB: 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.
39 TNT And ther cam also Nicodemus which at the beginnynge came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre and aloes mingled to gether aboute an hundred pounde wayght. BSB BSB: Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
40 TNT Then toke they the body of Iesu and wounde it in lynnen clothes with the odoures as the maner of the Iewes is to bury. BSB BSB: So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
42 TNT There layde they Iesus because of the Iewes saboth even for the sepulcre was nye at honde. BSB BSB: And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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