Chapter 19

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Chapter nineteen of the Gospel according to John American Standard version.
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Then Pilot therefore took Jesus and scourged him. And the
soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on
his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment. And
they came unto him and said, Hail, King of the Jews.
And they struck him with their hands. And Pilot went
out again, and saith unto them, behold, I bring him

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out to you, that ye may know that I find
no crime in him. Jesus therefore came out, wearing the
crown of thorns and the purple garment, and Pilot saith
unto them, behold the man. When therefore the chief priests
and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, crucify him,
crucify him. Pilot saith unto them, take him yourselves and

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crucify him, for I find no crime in him. The
Jews answered him, we have a law, and by that
law he ought to die, because he made himself the
son of God. When Pilot therefore heard this, saying, he
was the more afraid, and he entered into the pratorium again,
and saith unto Jesus, whence art thou. But Jesus gave

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him no answer. Pilot therefore saith unto him, speakest thou
not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power
to release THEE and have power to crucify THEE. Jesus
answered him, thou wouldst have no power against me, except
it were given THEE from above. Therefore, he that delivered

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me unto THEE hath greater sin. Upon this, Pilot sought
to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, if
thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. Everyone
that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. When Pilot
therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat
down on the judgment seat at a place called the pavement.

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But in Hebrew goabatha. Now it was the preparation of
the passover. It was about the sixth hour, and he
saith unto the Jews, behold your king. They therefore cried
out away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilot
saith unto them, shall I crucify your king? The chief

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priest answered, we have no king but Caesar. Then therefore
he delivered him unto them to be crucified. They took
Jesus therefore, and he went out, bearing the cross for himself,
unto the place called the place of a skull, which
is called in Hebrew Golgatha, where they crucified him, and
with him two others on either side, one and Jesus

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in the midst And Pilot wrote a title also and
put it on the cross, and there was written Jesus
of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. This title therefore
read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus
was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was
written in Hebrew and in Latin, and in Greek. The
chief priest of the Jews therefore said to Pilot, right,

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not the king of the Jews, but that he said,
I am king of the Jews. Pilot answered, what I
have written, I have written the soldiers. Therefore, when they
had crucified Jesus took his garments and made four parts
to every soldier apart, and also the coat. Now the
coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said, therefore,

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one to another, let us not rend it, but cast
lots for it whose it shall be, that the scripture
might be fulfilled. Which saith they parted my garments among them,
And upon my vesture did they cast lots. These things
therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the
cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary,

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the wife of Kloppus, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore
saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved,
he saith unto his mother, woman, behold thy son. Then
saith he to the disciple, behold thy mother. And from
that hour the Disciple took her unto his own home.

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After this, Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished
that the scripture might be accomplished, saith i thirst. There
was set there a vessel full of vinegar. So they
put a spongeful of the vinegar upon hissop and brought
it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,
he said, it is finished, and he bowed his head

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and gave up his spirit. The Jews, therefore, because it
was the preparation that the bodies should not remain on
the cross upon the Sabbath, for the day of that
sabbath was a high day, asked of Pilot that their
legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
The soldiers therefore came and break the legs of the

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first and of the other that was crucified with him.
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he
was dead already, they break not his legs. Howbeit one
of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and
straightway there came out blood and water. And he that
hath seen, hath borne witness, and his witness is true.

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And he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also
may believe. For these things came to pass, that the
scripture might be fulfilled. A bone of him shall not
be broken. And again another scripture saith they shall look
on him whom they pierced. And after these things, Joseph
of Aramathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for

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fear of the Jews asked of pilot that he might
take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave.
He came therefore and took away his body. And there
came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to
him by night, bringing a mixture of murr and aloes,
about one hundred pounds. So they took the body of
Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,

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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, wherein was never
man yet laid there. Then, because of the Jews, preparation
for the tomb was nigh at hand. They laid Jesus.
End of Chapter nineteen