1 Then Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} took Jesus {Iesous, Innocent Sufferer} and scourged Him.
2 And the soldiers {stratiotai: Roman execution unit}, having woven a crown of thorns, placed it on His {Iesous, Mocked Messiah} head, and put a purple robe on Him.
3 And they were coming up to Him {Iesous, Humiliated King} and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews,” and they were giving Him blows {rhapsimata: open-handed slaps}.
4 And Pilate {Pilatos: Roman prefect} went out again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him {Iesous, Innocent Sufferer} out to you so that you may know that I find no charge in Him.”
5 Therefore Jesus {Iesous, Humiliated King} came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and Pilate says to them, “Look {Idou: public presentation}, the man.”
6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw Him {Iesous, Innocent Sufferer}, they cried out, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate says to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for I find no charge {aitian: legal accusation} in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law {nomos: covenant legal standard}, and according to the law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God {huios tou Theou, Claimed Divine Sonship}.”
8 When Pilate {Pilatos: Roman prefect} therefore heard this statement {logon: reported claim}, he was more afraid.
9 And he entered into the praetorium again and says to Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah}, “From where are you?” But Jesus gave him no answer {apokrisin: formal reply}.
10 Therefore Pilate said to Him {Iesous, Silent Sufferer}, “Do You not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority {exousia: official right} to release You, and that I have authority to crucify You?”
11 Jesus {Iesous, Suffering King} answered him, “You would have no authority {exousia: delegated power} against Me at all unless it had been given to you from above; because of this, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”
12 From this point Pilate sought to release Him {Iesous, Accused King}, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar {Kaisar, Roman imperial title}; everyone who makes himself a king {basileus: rival political ruler} speaks against Caesar.”
13 Therefore Pilate, after hearing these words, brought Jesus {Iesous, Righteous Sufferer} outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called Lithostroton {Lithostroton: stone pavement}, but in Hebrew it is Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the Preparation of the Passover {pascha: covenant-deliverance feast}; it was about the sixth hour, and he said to the Jews, “Behold, your King {basileus: rightful ruler}!”
15 Therefore, those {ekeinoi: that group present} cried out, “Take him away, take him away, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar {Kaisar: supreme Roman ruler}.”
16 Then therefore He handed Him {Iesous, Rejected King} over to them so that He might be crucified {stauroo: execute by cross}.
17 And carrying the cross for Himself, He {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} went out to the place called “Place of a Skull” {kraniou: skull hill}, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha.
18 Where they crucified Him, and with Him two others—one on this side and one on that side—and Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} in the middle {meson: between positions}.
19 Pilate also wrote a title {titlos: official charge} and placed it on the cross, and what was written was: Jesus {Iesous, Crucified King} the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.
20 Therefore, many of the Jews read this title {titlos: public inscription}, because the place where Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Messiah} was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
21 Therefore the chief priests {archiereis: leading temple officials} of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather that He {Iesous, Accused King} said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} answered, “What I have written {gegrapha: fixed inscription}, I have written.”
23 Therefore the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah}, took His garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless {araphos: without stitching}, woven from the top throughout.
24 Therefore they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture {graphe: inspired writing} might be fulfilled, which says, “They divided my garments {himatia: outer clothing} among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” Therefore, the soldiers did these things.
25 But there were standing beside the cross of Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} His mother and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas {Klopas: family lineage}, and Mary Magdalene.
26 Therefore Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Redeemer}, seeing His mother and the disciple {mathetes: beloved follower} whom He loved standing nearby, says to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
27 Then He {Iesous, Compassionate Son} says to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own {idia: private household} care.
28 After this, Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Redeemer}, knowing that all things were already accomplished, in order that the Scripture {graphe: prophetic writings} might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst.”
29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was set there; so they placed a sponge filled with the sour wine on a hyssop stalk {hyssopō: ritual branch}, and brought it to His {Christos, Crucified King} mouth.
30 When therefore Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Redeemer} received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And having bowed His head, He handed over the spirit {pneuma: human life-breath}.
31 Therefore the Jews, since it was the Preparation {paraskeue: day before Sabbath}, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day {megale hemera: especially important holy day}), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
32 Therefore the soldiers {stratiotai: Roman execution unit} came, and they broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Him {Iesous, Suffering Redeemer}.
33 But when they came to Jesus {Iesous, Crucified King} and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs {skele: lower limbs}.
34 But one of the soldiers pierced His {Iesous, Crucified Messiah} side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood {haima: lifeblood} and water.
35 And the one who has seen has testified {memartyrēken: legally attested}, and his testimony is true {alethine: fully genuine}, and he knows that he is saying what is true, so that you also may believe.
36 For these things happened so that the Scripture {graphe: sacred writing} might be fulfilled: “Not a bone of Him {Iesous, Perfect Passover Lamb} will be broken.”
37 And again, another Scripture {graphe: sacred writing} says, “They will look at the One whom they pierced {exekentesan: stabbed violently}.”
38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah}, but hidden because of fear {phobos: intense dread} of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted him, so he came and took away His body.
39 But Nicodemus also came, the one who had first come to Him {Iesous, Entombed King} at night, bringing a mixture {migma: aromatic blend} of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred litrai.
40 So they took the body of Jesus {Iesous, Crucified One}, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, just as it is the custom {ethos: established practice} of the Jews to prepare for burial.
41 Now in the place where He {Iesous, Crucified Savior} was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb {mnemeion: burial chamber} in which no one had yet been laid.
42 Therefore, because of the day of Preparation {paraskeve: Sabbath eve} of the Jews, since the tomb was near, they placed Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Messiah} there.