Jesus
Sentenced To Be Crucified
Then
Pilate took Jesus and had Him Flogger.
2
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns
And
put it on His head.
They
clothed Him in a purple robe
3
And went up to Him again and again, saying,
'Hail,
O king of the Jews!'
And
struck Him in the face.
4
Once more 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
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe,
Pilate
said to them, 'Here is the man!'
6
As soon as the Chief Priests and their officials saw Him,
THEY
SHOUTED, 'CURIFY! CRUCIFY!'
But
Pilate answered, 'You take Him and Crucify Him.
As
for me, I find no basis for a charge against Him.'
7
The Jews insisted, 'We have a law,
And
according to that law He must Die,
Because
He claimed to be the Son of God.'
8
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid,
And
he went back inside the Palace.
'Where
do you come from?' he asked Jesus,
But
Jesus gave hum no answer.
10
'Do you refuse to speak to me?' Pilate said.
'Don't
you realize I have the power
Either
to free you or to Crucify you?'
11
Jesus answered, '
YOU
WOULD HAVE NO POWER OVER ME
IF
IT WERE NOT GIVEN TO YOU FROM ABOVE.
Therefore
the one who handed Me over to you
Is
Guilty of a greater Sin.'
12
From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free,
But
the Jews kept shouting, 'If you let this man go,
You
are no friend of Caesar.
Anyone
who claims to be a King opposes Caesar.'
13
When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out
And
sat down on the judge's seat
At
a place know as The Stone Pavement
(Which
in Aramaic is Gabbatha).
14
It was The Day Of Preparation of Passover Week,
About
the sixth hour.
'HERE
IS YOUR KING,'
Pilate
said to the Jews.
15
But they shouted,
'Take
Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!'
'Shall
I Crucify your King?' Pilate asked.
'WE
HAVE NO KING BUT CEASAR.'
The
Chief Priests answered.
16
Finally Pilate handed Him over to them to be Crucified.
The
Crucifixion
So
the soldiers took charge of Jesus.
17
Carrying His own Cross,
He
went out to The Place Of The Skull
(Which
in Aramaic is called Golgotha).
18
HERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM,
And
with Him two others—
One
on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19
Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the Cross.
It
read:
JESUS
OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20
Many of the Jews read this sign,
For
the place where Jesus was Crucified was near the City,
And
the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
21
The Chief Priests of the Jews protested to Pilate,
'Do
not write 'The King Of The Jews,'
But
that this man claimed to be King of the Jews.'
22
Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'
23
When the soldiers Crucified Jesus,
They
took His clothes, divided them into four shares,
One
for each of them, with undergarment remaining.
This
garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24
'Let's not tear it,' they said to one another.
'Let's
decide by lot who will get it.'
This
happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled which said,
'They
divided My garments among them
And
Cast lots for My clothing.'
So
this is what the soldiers did.
25
Near the Cross of Jesus stood His mother,
His
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
And
Mary of Magdala.
26
When Jesus saw His mother there,
And
the Disciple who He loved standing nearby,
He
said to His mother, 'Dear woman, here is your son,'
27
And to the Disciple, 'Here is your mother.'
From
that time on, this Disciple took her into his home.
The
Death Of Jesus
28
Later, knowing that all was now completed,
And
so that the Scripture would be fulfilled,
Jesus
said, 'I am thirsty.'
29
A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it,
Put
the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant,
And
lifted it to Jesus' lips.
30
When He had received the drink, Jesus said,
'IT
IS FINISHED.'
With
that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
31
Now it was The Day Of Preparation,
And
the next day was to be a Special Sabbath.
Because
the Jews did not want the bodies
Left
on the Crosses during Sabbath,
They
asked Pilate to have the legs broken
And
the bodies taken down.
32
The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs
Of
the first man who had been Crucified with Jesus,
And
then the other.
33
But when they came to Jesus
And
found that He was already Dead,
they
did not break His legs.
34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear,
Bringing
a sudden flow of blood and water.
35
The man who saw it has given testimony,
And
his testimony is true.
He
knows that he tells the Truth,
And
he testifies so that you also may believe.
36
These things happened
So
that the Scripture would be fulfilled:
'NOT
ONE OF HIS BONES WILL BE BROKEN,'
37
And, as another Scripture says,
'THEY
WILL LOOK ON THE ONE THEY HAVE PIERCED.'
38
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus.
Now
Joseph was a Disciple of Jesus, but secretly
Because
he feared the Jews.
With
Pilate's permission, he came and took the body.
39
He was accompanied by Nicodemus,
The
man who earlier had visited Jesus at night.
Nicodemus
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes,
About
seventy-five pounds.
40
Taking Jesus body, the two of them
Wrapped
it, with the spices, in strips of linen.
This
was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
41
At the place where Jesus was Crucified, there was a garden,
And
in the garden a new tomb,
In
which no one had ever been laid.
42
Because it was the Jewish Day Of Preparation
And
since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
(John
19:1-42)
The
World, ruled by Satan,
Has
been Crucifying the followers of Christ Jesus
Since
the day of Jesus Crucifixion,
In his
Futile attempt to Silence Christ Jesus altogether.
Today,
the World cries out: 'Crucify! Crucify!'
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