John 19:16b - 20:31 - Crucifixion, Death, Burial and Resurrection

19:16b So they took Jesus,
17 and he went out,
bearing his own cross,
to the place called
The Place of a Skull,
which in Aramaic is called
Golgotha.
18 There they crucified him,
and with him two others,
one on either side,
and Jesus between them.
19 Pilate also wrote an inscription
and put it on the cross.
It read, “Jesus of Nazareth,
the King of the Jews.”
20 Many of the Jews read this inscription,
for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,
and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.
21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,
“Do not write,
‘The King of the Jews,’
but rather,
‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate answered,
“What I have
written
I have
written.”
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus,
they took his garments
and divided them into four parts,
one part for each soldier;
also his tunic.
But the tunic was seamless,
woven in one piece from top to bottom,
24 so they said to one another,
“Let us not tear it,
but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.”
This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,
“They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.”
So the soldiers did these things,
25 but standing by the cross of Jesus
were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved
standing nearby,
he said to his mother,
“Woman, behold, your son!”
27 Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother!”
And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
28 After this, Jesus, knowing
that all was now finished,
said (to fulfill the Scripture),
“I thirst.”
29 A jar full of sour wine stood there,
so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch
and held it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine,
he said,
“It is finished,”
and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Since it was the day of Preparation,
and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day),
the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken
and that they might be taken away.
32 So the soldiers came
and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,
they did not break his legs.
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
35 He who saw it has borne witness —
his testimony is true,
and he knows that he is telling the truth
— that you also may believe.
36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled:
“Not one of his bones will be broken.”
37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea,
who was 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 his body.
39 Nicodemus also,
who earlier had come to Jesus by night,
came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths
with the spices,
as is the burial custom of the Jews.
41 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 laid.
42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation,
since the tomb was close at hand,
they laid Jesus there.
20:1 Now on the first day of the week
Mary Magdalene came to the tomb
early, while it was still dark,
and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and the other disciple,
the one whom Jesus loved,
and said to them,
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
3 So Peter went out with the other disciple,
and they were going toward the tomb.
4 Both of them were running together,
but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there,
but he did not go in.
6 Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and went into the tomb.
He saw the linen cloths lying there,
7 and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head,
not lying with the linen cloths
but folded up in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,
also went in,
and he saw
and believed;
9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.
11 But Mary stood weeping
outside the tomb,
and as she wept she stooped to look
into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white,
sitting where the body of Jesus had lain,
one at the head and one at the feet.
13 They said to her,
"Woman, why are you weeping?"
She said to them,
"They have taken away my Lord,
and I do not know where they have laid him."
14 Having said this,
she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her,
"Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?"
Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him,
"Sir, if you have carried him away,
tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
17 Jesus said to her,
“Do not cling to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father;
but go to my brothers and say to them,
‘I am ascending to my Father
and your Father,
to my God
and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord” - and that he had said these things to her.
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week,
the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father
has sent me,
even so I
am sending you.”
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any,
they are forgiven them;
if you withhold forgiveness from any,
it is withheld.”
24 Now
Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,
was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him,
“We have seen the Lord.”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see in his hands
the mark of the nails,
and place my finger into
the mark of the nails,
and place my hand into
his side,
I will never believe.”
26 Eight days later,
his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked,
Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then he said to Thomas,
“Put your finger here,
and see my hands;
and put out your hand,
and place it in my side.
Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
28 Thomas answered him,
“My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed
because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have believed."
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples,
which are not written in this book;
31 but these are written
so that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that by believing
you may have life in his name.