So they took Jesus, 19:17 and carrying his own cross ³  he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull” ⁴  (called in Aramaic ⁵  Golgotha). ⁶  19:18 There they ⁷  crucified ⁸  him along with two others, ⁹  one on each side, with Jesus in the middle. 19:19 Pilate also had a notice ¹⁰  written and fastened to the cross, ¹¹  which read: ¹²  “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.” 19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem ¹³  read this notice, ¹⁴  because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, ¹⁵  Latin, and Greek. 19:21 Then the chief priests of the Jews ¹⁶  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 ¹⁷  Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, ¹⁸  and the tunic ¹⁹  remained. (Now the tunic ²⁰  was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.) ²¹  19:24 So the soldiers said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but throw dice ²²  to see who will get it.” ²³  This took place ²⁴  to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” ²⁵  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. ²⁶  19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, ²⁷  look, here is your son!” 19:27 He then said to his disciple, “Look, here is your mother!” From that very time ²⁸  the disciple took her into his own home.

19:28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this time ²⁹  everything was completed, ³⁰  said (in order to fulfill the scripture), ³¹  “I am thirsty!” ³²  19:29 A jar full of sour wine ³³  was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop ³⁴  and lifted it ³⁵  to his mouth. 19:30 When ³⁶  he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed!” ³⁷  Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. ³⁸ 

19:31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath ³⁹  (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), ⁴⁰  the Jewish leaders ⁴¹  asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs ⁴²  broken ⁴³  and the bodies taken down. ⁴⁴  19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified ⁴⁵  with Jesus, ⁴⁶  first the one and then the other. ⁴⁷  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 ⁴⁸  his side with a spear, and blood and water ⁴⁹  flowed out immediately. 19:35 And the person who saw it ⁵⁰  has testified (and his testimony is true, and he ⁵¹  knows that he is telling the truth), ⁵²  so that you also may believe. 19:36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.” ⁵³  19:37 And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.” ⁵⁴ 

19:38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders ⁵⁵ ), ⁵⁶  asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate ⁵⁷  gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. ⁵⁸  19:39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus ⁵⁹  at night, ⁶⁰  accompanied Joseph, ⁶¹  carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes ⁶²  weighing about seventy-five pounds. ⁶³  19:40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, ⁶⁴  in strips of linen cloth ⁶⁵  according to Jewish burial customs. ⁶⁶  19:41 Now at the place where Jesus ⁶⁷  was crucified ⁶⁸  there was a garden, ⁶⁹  and in the garden ⁷⁰  was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. ⁷¹  19:42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation ⁷²  and the tomb was nearby, ⁷³  they placed Jesus’ body there.