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Text -- John 19:1-34 (NET)
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Pilate Tries to Release Jesus
19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely .
19:2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head , and they clothed him in a purple robe .
19:3 They came up to him again and again and said , “Hail , king of the Jews !” And they struck him repeatedly in the face .
19:4 Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders , “Look , I am bringing him out to you , so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him .”
19:5 So Jesus came outside , wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe . Pilate said to them , “Look , here is the man !”
19:6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him , they shouted out , “Crucify him! Crucify him !” Pilate said , “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him !”
19:7 The Jewish leaders replied , “We have a law , and according to our law he ought to die , because he claimed to be the Son of God !”
19:8 When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever ,
19:9 and he went back into the governor’s residence and said to Jesus , “Where do you come from ?” But Jesus gave him no answer .
19:10 So Pilate said , “Do you refuse to speak to me ? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you , and to crucify you ?”
19:11 Jesus replied , “You would have no authority over me at all , unless it was given to you from above . Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin .”
19:12 From this point on , Pilate tried to release him . But the Jewish leaders shouted out , “If you release this man , you are no friend of Caesar ! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar !”
19:13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement ” (Gabbatha in Aramaic ).
19:14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover , about noon .) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders , “Look , here is your king !”
19:15 Then they shouted out , “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him !” Pilate asked , “Shall I crucify your king ?” The high priests replied , “We have no king except Caesar !”
The Crucifixion
19:16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified . So they took Jesus ,
19:17 and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull ” (called in Aramaic Golgotha ).
19:18 There they crucified him along with two others , one on each side , with Jesus in the middle .
19:19 Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross , which read : “Jesus the Nazarene , the king of the Jews .”
19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city , and the notice was written in Aramaic , Latin , and Greek .
19:21 Then 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 .’”
19:22 Pilate answered , “What I have written , I have written .”
19:23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus , they took his clothes and made four shares , one for each soldier , and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless , woven from top to bottom as a single piece .)
19:24 So the soldiers said to one another , “Let’s not tear it , but throw dice to see who will get it .” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them , and for my clothing they threw dice .” So the soldiers did these things .
19:25 Now standing beside Jesus ’ cross were his mother , his mother’s sister , Mary the wife of Clopas , and Mary Magdalene .
19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother , “Woman , look , here is your son !”
19:27 He then said to his disciple , “Look , here is your mother !” From that very time the disciple took her into his own home .
Jesus’ Death
19:28 After this Jesus , realizing that by this time everything was completed , said (in order to fulfill the scripture ), “I am thirsty !”
19:29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth .
19:30 When he had received the sour wine , Jesus said , “It is completed !” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit .
19:31 Then , because it was the day of preparation , so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one ), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims ’ legs broken and the bodies taken down .
19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus , first the one and then the other .
19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead , they did not break his legs .
19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear , and blood and water flowed out immediately .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pilate, Pontius |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
Prisoners |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Persecution |
Jesus, The Christ |
Humiliation of Christ |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
PILATE; PONTIUS |
Death |
Opinion, Public |
JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF |
CRUCIFIXION |
Politics |
King |
Demagogism |
Mary |
Government |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 |
Dress |
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NET Notes -> Joh 19:1; Joh 19:1; Joh 19:2; Joh 19:2; Joh 19:2; Joh 19:2; Joh 19:3; Joh 19:3; Joh 19:3; Joh 19:3; Joh 19:3; Joh 19:4; Joh 19:4; Joh 19:5; Joh 19:5; Joh 19:5; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:6; Joh 19:7; Joh 19:7; Joh 19:7; Joh 19:7; Joh 19:8; Joh 19:8; Joh 19:9; Joh 19:10; Joh 19:10; Joh 19:10; Joh 19:10; Joh 19:11; Joh 19:11; Joh 19:11; Joh 19:11; Joh 19:11; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:12; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:13; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:15; Joh 19:15; Joh 19:15; Joh 19:15; Joh 19:16; Joh 19:16; Joh 19:17; Joh 19:17; Joh 19:17; Joh 19:17; Joh 19:17; Joh 19:18; Joh 19:18; Joh 19:18; Joh 19:19; Joh 19:19; Joh 19:19; Joh 19:19; Joh 19:19; Joh 19:20; Joh 19:20; Joh 19:20; Joh 19:20; Joh 19:21; Joh 19:23; Joh 19:23; Joh 19:23; Joh 19:23; Joh 19:23; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:25; Joh 19:26; Joh 19:27; Joh 19:28; Joh 19:28; Joh 19:28; Joh 19:28; Joh 19:29; Joh 19:29; Joh 19:29; Joh 19:30; Joh 19:30; Joh 19:30; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:31; Joh 19:32; Joh 19:32; Joh 19:32; Joh 19:34; Joh 19:34
NET Notes: Joh 19:1 This severe flogging was not administered by Pilate himself but his officers, who took Jesus at Pilate’s order and scourged him. The author̵...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:2 The purple color of the robe indicated royal status. This was further mockery of Jesus, along with the crown of thorns.
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NET Notes: Joh 19:3 The word “repeatedly” is implied by the (iterative) imperfect verb ἐδιδοσαν (edidosan).
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NET Notes: Joh 19:5 Look, here is the man! Pilate may have meant no more than something like “Here is the accused!” or in a contemptuous way, “Here is y...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:11 Because Pilate had no authority over Jesus except what had been given to him from God, the one who handed Jesus over to Pilate was guilty of greater s...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:14 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders, especially members of the Sanhedrin...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:15 Grk “Pilate said to them.” The words “to them” are not translated because it is clear in English who Pilate is addressing.
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NET Notes: Joh 19:21 Or “the Jewish chief priests.” Nowhere else in the Fourth Gospel are the two expressions οἱ ἀρχιε`...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:25 Several women are mentioned, but it is not easy to determine how many. It is not clear whether his mother’s sister and Mary the wife of Clopas a...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:26 The term Woman is Jesus’ normal, polite way of addressing women (Matt 15:28, Luke 13:12; John 4:21; 8:10; 19:26; 20:15; see BDAG 208-9 s.v. ^...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:28 In order to fulfill (τελειωθῇ [teleiwqh], a wordplay on the previous statement that everything was completed ...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:30 Or “he bowed his head and died”; Grk “he bowed his head and gave over the spirit.”
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NET Notes: Joh 19:31 Grk “asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and they might be taken down.” Here because of the numerous ambiguous third person refer...
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NET Notes: Joh 19:32 Grk “broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him.”
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