John:18-19

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* After saying these things , Jesus went out with His disciples across the winter stream Kidron , where there [ was ] a garden , into which He and His disciples entered . * Now Judas , the [one ] betraying Him , also knew the place , because Jesus often gathered there also with His disciples . * Then Judas , having taken the detachment [of soldiers ], and attendants from the chief priests and Pharisees , came there with lanterns , torches , and weapons . * Jesus therefore , knowing all things coming upon Him , went out and said to them , "Whom do you seek ?" * They answered Him , "Jesus the Nazarene ."Jesus said to them , "I AM ."And Judas , the [one ] betraying Him , was standing with them . * Therefore when He said to them , "I AM ,"they stepped back and fell to the ground . * Then He asked them again , "Whom do you seek ?"And they said , "Jesus the Nazarene ." * Jesus answered , "I have told you that I AM ! Therefore if you seek Me , allow these [men ] to go ," * so that the word might be fulfilled which He said , "[Those ] whom You have given Me I have lost none ." * Then Simon Peter , having a sword , drew it and struck the servant of the high priest , and cut off his right ear . And the servant 's name was Malchus . * Then Jesus said to Peter , "Put your sword into the sheath . Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me ?" * Then the detachment [of soldiers ] and the captain and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him . * And they led Him away to Annas first , for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year . * Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was profitable for one man to perish for the people . * And Simon Peter was following Jesus , as was the other disciple . Now that disciple was known to the high priest , and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest . * But Peter stood at the door outside . Then the other disciple , who was known to the high priest , went out and spoke to the doorkeeper , and brought Peter in . * Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter , "You are not also one of this Man 's disciples , [are you ]?"He said , "I am not ." * And the servants and attendants who had made a fire of coals stood there , for it was cold , and they were warming themselves . Now Peter was standing with them and warming himself . * Then high priest asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine . * Jesus answered him , "I spoke openly to the world . I always taught in synagogues and in the temple , where the Jews always come together , and in secret I spoke nothing . * Why do you question Me ? Question those who have heard Me , what I spoke to them . Indeed they know what I said ." * And when He had said these things , one of the attendants who stood by slapped Jesus with the palm of his hand , saying , "Is this how You answer the high priest ?" * Jesus answered him , "If I have spoken evil , testify of the evil ; but if well , why do you strike Me ?" * Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest . * Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself . Therefore they said to him , "You are not also [one ] of His disciples , [are you ]?"Then he denied it and said , "I am not !" * One of the servants of the high priest , a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off , said , "Did I not see you in the garden with Him ?" * Peter then denied again ; and immediately a rooster crowed . * Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium , and it was early morning . But they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium , lest they might be defiled , but so that they might eat the Passover . * Then Pilate went out to them and said , "What accusation do you bring against this Man ?" * They answered and said to him , "If He were not an evildoer , we would not have delivered Him over to you ." * Then Pilate said to them , "You take Him and judge Him according to your law ."Therefore the Jews said to him , "It is not lawful for us to kill anyone ," * that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which He said , signifying by what sort of death He was about to die . * Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again , and called Jesus , and said to Him , "Are You the King of the Jews ?" * Jesus answered him , "For yourself do you say this , or did others tell you about Me ?" * Pilate answered , "Am I a Jew ? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me . What have You done ?" * Jesus answered , "My kingdom is not of this world . If My kingdom were of this world , My servants would fight , so that I might not be delivered to the Jews ; but now My kingdom is not from here ." * Pilate therefore said to Him , "Are You a king then ?"Jesus answered , "You say [rightly ] that I am a king . For this [reason ] I have been born , and for this [reason ] I have come into the world , that I should testify to the truth . Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice ." * Pilate said to Him , "What is truth ?"And having said this , he went out again to the Jews , and said to them , "I find no fault in Him . * "But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover . Therefore do you wish [that ] I should release the King of the Jews ?" * Then they all cried out again , saying , "Not this [Man ], but Barabbas !"Now Barabbas was a bandit . * So then Pilate took Jesus and flogged [Him ]. * And the soldiers twisted a crown out of thorns and put it on His head , and they put a purple robe around Him . * And they kept saying , "Hail , King of the Jews !"And they were striking Him with their hands . * Pilate then went out again , and said to them , "Behold , I am bringing Him out to you , so that you may know that I find no fault in Him ." * Then Jesus came out , wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe . And Pilate said to them , "Behold , the Man !" * Therefore , when the chief priests and the attendants saw Him , they cried out , saying , "Crucify , crucify Him !"Pilate said to them , "You take Him and crucify [Him ], for I find no fault in Him ." * The Jews answered him , "We have a law , and according to our law He ought to die , because He made Himself the Son of God ." * Therefore , when Pilate heard this saying , he was [even ] more afraid , * and he entered into the Praetorium again , and said to Jesus , "Where are You from ?"But Jesus gave him no answer . * Then Pilate said to Him , "Are You not speaking to me ? Do You not know that I have authority to crucify You , and I have authority to release You ?" * Jesus answered , "You would have no authority at all against Me unless it had been given to you from above . Therefore the one who betrayed Me to you has a greater sin ." * From this [point ]Pilate was seeking to release Him , but the Jews kept crying out , saying , "If you release this [Man ], you are no friend of Caesar 's . Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar ." * Therefore Pilate , having heard this saying , led Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place that is called [The ] Pavement , but in Hebrew , Gabbatha . * Now it was the Preparation [Day ] of the Passover , and about the sixth hour . And he said to the Jews , "Behold your King !" * But they 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 !" * Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified . So they took Jesus and led [Him ]away . * And bearing His cross , He went out to a place called the Place of a Skull , which is called in Hebrew , Golgotha , * where they crucified Him , and two others with Him , one on each side , and Jesus in the middle . * Now Pilate wrote a title and he put [it ] on the cross . And it was written : JESUS THE NAZARENE , THE KING OF THE JEWS . * Then many of the Jews read this title , because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city ; and it was written in Hebrew , in Greek , and in Latin . * Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate , "Do not write , 'The King of the Jews ,' but , 'He said , "I am the King of the Jews ."' " * Pilate answered , "What I have written , I have written ." * Then the soldiers , when they crucified Jesus , took His garments and made four parts , to each soldier a part , and also the tunic . Now the tunic was seamless , woven from the top in one piece . * Therefore they said to one another , "Let us not tear it , but let us cast lots for it , whose it will be ,"so that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says : "They divided My garments among them , and for My clothing they cast lots ."Therefore the soldiers did these things . * Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother , and His mother 's sister , Mary the [wife ] of Clopas , and Mary Magdalene . * Therefore Jesus , seeing His mother , and the disciple whom He loved standing by , He said to His mother , "Woman , behold your son !" * Then He said to the disciple , "Behold your mother !"And from that hour that disciple took her into his own [care ]. * After this , Jesus , seeing that all things already had been fulfilled , so that the Scripture might be fulfilled , He said , "I thirst !" * Now a vessel was set full of sour wine ; and they , having filled a sponge with sour wine , put it around a hyssop , they held it to His mouth . * Therefore when Jesus received the sour wine , He said , "It is finished !"And bowing His head , He gave up His spirit . * Therefore the Jews , since it was the Preparation [Day ], that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day ), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken , and they might be taken away . * Then the soldiers came and they broke the legs of the first [man ,] and of the other who was crucified with Him . * But having come to Jesus , when they saw that He was already dead , they did not break His legs . * But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear , and immediately blood and water came out . * And he who has seen has testified , and his testimony is true ; and he knows that he tells the truth , so that you may believe . * For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled , "Not a bone of His shall be broken ." * And again another Scripture says , "They shall look at [Him ] whom they pierced ." * After these things [,] Joseph of Arimathea , being 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 the body of Jesus . * And Nicodemus , who at first came to Jesus by night , also came , bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes , about a hundred pounds . * Then they took the body of Jesus , and bound it in linen strips with the spices , as the custom of the Jews is to bury . * Now 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 buried . * So there they laid Jesus , because of the Jews ' Preparation Day , because the tomb was near . * On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early , while it was still dark , and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb .

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