John 19:17-37

17He carried his own cross and went out ⌞of the city⌟ to a location called The Skull. (In Hebrew this place is called Golgotha.)

18The soldiers crucified Jesus and two other men there. Jesus was in the middle.

19Pilate wrote a notice and put it on the cross. The notice read, “Jesus from Nazareth, the king of the Jews.”

20Many Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

21The chief priests of the Jewish people told Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The king of the Jews!’ Instead, write, ‘He said that he is the king of the Jews.’ ”

22Pilate replied, “I have written what I’ve written.”

23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them four ways so that each soldier could have a share. His robe was left over. It didn’t have a seam because it had been woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24The soldiers said to each other, “Let’s not rip it apart. Let’s throw dice to see who will get it.” In this way the Scripture came true: “They divided my clothes among themselves. They threw dice for my clothing.” So that’s what the soldiers did.

25Jesus’ mother, her sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary from Magdala were standing beside Jesus’ cross.

26Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there. He said to his mother, “Look, here’s your son!”

27Then he said to the disciple, “Look, here’s your mother!” From that time on she lived with that disciple in his home.

28After this, when Jesus knew that everything had now been finished, he said, “I’m thirsty.” He said this so that Scripture could finally be concluded.

29A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth.

30After Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and died.

31Since it was Friday and the next day was an especially important day of rest—a holy day, the Jews didn’t want the bodies to stay on the crosses. So they asked Pilate to have the men’s legs broken and their bodies removed.

32The soldiers broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus.

33When the soldiers came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.

34However, one of the soldiers stabbed Jesus’ side with his spear, and blood and water immediately came out.

35The one who saw this is an eyewitness. What he says is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth so that you, too, will believe.

36This happened so that the Scripture would come true: “None of his bones will be broken.”

37Another Scripture passage says, “They will look at the person whom they have stabbed.”