Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified
1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
4Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
7The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10“Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
11Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
12From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
13When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
22Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24“Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
“They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.”19:24 Psalm 22:18
So this is what the soldiers did.
25Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect. here is your son,” 27and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
The Death of Jesus
28Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20 37and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”19:37 Zech. 12:10
The Burial of Jesus
38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.19:39 Or about 34 kilograms 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
1Kaya ipinakuha ni Pilato si Jesus at ipinahagupit. 2Gumawa ang mga sundalo ng koronang tinik at ipinutong kay Jesus, at sinuotan nila siya ng kulay ubeng kapa. 3At isa-isa silang lumapit sa kanya at nagsabi, “Mabuhay ang Hari ng mga Judio!” at pinagsasampal siya. 4Muling lumabas si Pilato at sinabi sa mga tao, “Makinig kayo! Ihaharap ko siyang muli sa inyo. Gusto kong malaman nʼyo na wala akong nakitang kasalanan sa kanya!” 5Nang lumabas si Jesus, suot ang koronang tinik at ang kulay ubeng kapa, sinabi ni Pilato, “Tingnan nʼyo siya!” 6Nang makita si Jesus ng mga namamahalang pari at ng mga guwardya, sumigaw sila, “Ipako siya sa krus! Ipako siya sa krus!” Pero sumagot si Pilato, “Kayo ang kumuha sa kanya at magpako sa krus, dahil kung sa akin lang ay wala akong makitang kasalanan sa kanya.” 7Pero nagpumilit ang mga Judio, “May Kautusan kami. At ayon dito, dapat siyang mamatay dahil sinasabi niyang Anak siya ng Dios.”
8Nang marinig ito ni Pilato, lalo pa siyang natakot. 9Kaya muli niyang dinala si Jesus sa loob ng palasyo at tinanong, “Taga-saan ka ba?” Pero hindi sumagot si Jesus. 10Kaya sinabi ni Pilato, “Bakit ayaw mo akong sagutin? Hindi mo ba alam na may kapangyarihan akong palayain ka o ipapako sa krus?” 11Sumagot si Jesus, “Wala kang maaaring gawin sa akin kung hindi ka binigyan ng Dios ng kapangyarihan. Kaya mas malaki ang kasalanan ng taong nagdala sa akin dito sa iyo.” 12Nang marinig ito ni Pilato, muli niyang sinikap na mapalaya si Jesus. Pero nagsigawan ang mga Judio, “Kapag pinalaya mo ang taong iyan, hindi ka kaibigan ng Emperador! Sapagkat ang sinumang nagsasabing hari siya ay kaaway ng Emperador.” 13Nang marinig ito ni Pilato, inilabas niya si Jesus sa palasyo. Pagkatapos, umupo siya sa upuan ng tagahatol, sa lugar na kung tawagin ay “Batong Plataporma”, (na sa wikang Hebreo ay “Gabbata”).
14Bandang tanghali na noon ng bisperas ng Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel. Sinabi ni Pilato sa mga Judio, “Narito ang hari nʼyo!” 15Pero nagsigawan ang mga Judio, “Patayin siya! Patayin siya! Ipako siya sa krus!” Sinabi ni Pilato sa kanila, “Ipapako ko ba sa krus ang hari nʼyo?” Sumagot ang mga namamahalang pari, “Wala kaming ibang hari kundi ang Emperador!” 16Kaya ibinigay ni Pilato sa kanila si Jesus upang ipako sa krus.
Ipinako sa Krus si Jesus
(Mat. 27:32-44; Mar. 15:21-32; Luc. 23:26-43)
Dinala si Jesus ng mga sundalo 17palabas ng lungsod. Ipinapasan nila kay Jesus ang kanyang krus papunta sa lugar na tinatawag na “Lugar ng Bungo” (na sa wikang Hebreo ay Golgota). 18Doon nila ipinako sa krus si Jesus, kasama ng dalawa pa. Sa kanan ang isa at ang isa namaʼy sa kaliwa, at nasa gitna nila si Jesus. 19Pinalagyan ni Pilato ng karatula ang krus ni Jesus, at ganito ang nakasulat: “Si Jesus na taga-Nazaret, ang Hari ng mga Judio.” 20Nakasulat ito sa mga wikang Hebreo, Latin, at Griego. Maraming Judio ang nakabasa nito, dahil malapit lang sa lungsod ang lugar kung saan ipinako sa krus si Jesus. 21Nagreklamo ang mga namamahalang pari kay Pilato, “Hindi dapat ‘Hari ng mga Judio’ ang isinulat nʼyo kundi, ‘Sinabi ng taong ito na siya raw ang hari ng mga Judio.’ ” 22Pero sinagot sila ni Pilato, “Kung ano ang isinulat ko, iyon na.”
23Nang maipako na ng mga sundalo si Jesus, kinuha nila ang kanyang damit at hinati-hati sa apat, tig-isang bahagi ang bawat sundalo. Kinuha rin nila ang damit-panloob niya; hinabi ito nang buo at walang tahi o dugtong. 24Sinabi ng isang sundalo, “Huwag na natin itong paghatian. Magpalabunutan na lang tayo kung kanino ito mapupunta.” Nangyari ito upang matupad ang sinabi sa Kasulatan,
“Pinaghati-hatian nila ang aking damit,
at nagpalabunutan sila para sa aking damit-panloob.”19:24 Salmo 22:18.
At ito nga ang ginawa ng mga sundalo.
25Nakatayo malapit sa krus ni Jesus ang kanyang ina, ang kapatid ng kanyang ina, si Maria na asawa ni Clopas, at si Maria na taga-Magdala.19:25 Maria na taga-Magdala: Sa ibang salin ng Biblia, Maria Magdalena. 26Nang makita ni Jesus ang kanyang ina na nakatayo roon katabi ng minamahal niyang tagasunod, sinabi niya, “Babae, ituring mo siyang anak.” 27At sinabi naman niya sa tagasunod niya, “Ituring mo siyang ina.” Mula noon, tumira na ang ina ni Jesus sa tahanan ng tagasunod na ito.
Ang Pagkamatay ni Jesus
(Mat. 27:45-56; Mar. 15:33-41; Luc. 23:44-49)
28Alam ni Jesus na tapos na ang misyon niya, at para matupad ang nakasulat sa Kasulatan, sinabi niya, “Nauuhaw ako.” 29May isang banga roon na puno ng maasim na alak. Isinawsaw ng mga sundalo ang isang espongha sa alak, ikinabit sa sanga ng isopo at inilapit sa bibig ni Jesus. 30Nang masipsip na ni Jesus ang alak, sinabi niya, “Tapos na!” Iniyuko niya ang kanyang ulo at nalagot ang kanyang hininga.
Sinibat ang Tagiliran ni Jesus
31Bisperas na noon ng pista, at kinabukasan ay espesyal na Araw ng Pamamahinga. Dahil ayaw ng mga Judio na maiwan sa krus ang mga bangkay sa Araw ng Pamamahinga, hiniling nila kay Pilato na baliin ang mga binti ng mga nakapako upang madali silang mamatay, at nang maalis agad ang mga bangkay. 32Kaya ito nga ang ginawa ng mga sundalo. Binali nila ang mga binti ng dalawang kasama ni Jesus na ipinako. 33Pero pagdating nila kay Jesus, nakita nilang patay na siya, kaya hindi na nila binali ang mga binti niya. 34Sa halip, sinaksak ng sibat ng isa sa kanila ang tagiliran ni Jesus at biglang dumaloy ang dugo at tubig. 35Nakita ko mismo ang mga pangyayari, at isinasalaysay ko ito sa inyo. Totoong nangyari ito, kaya alam kong totoo ang mga sinasabi ko. Isinasalaysay ko ito upang sumampalataya rin kayo.19:35 Ayon sa maraming dalubhasa sa Biblia, tinutukoy ni Juan ang kanyang sarili sa talatang ito. Si Juan ang sumulat ng aklat na ito ayon sa tradisyon. 36Nangyari ang mga bagay na ito upang matupad ang sinasabi sa Kasulatan: “Walang mababali ni isa man sa kanyang mga buto.”19:36 Exo. 12:46; Bil. 9:12; Salmo 34:20. 37Sinasabi rin sa isa pang bahagi ng Kasulatan, “Pagmamasdan nila ang taong sinaksak nila.”19:37 Zac. 12:10.
Ang Paglilibing kay Jesus
(Mat. 27:57-61; Mar. 15:42-47; Luc. 23:50-56)
38Pagkatapos nito, hiningi ni Jose na taga-Arimatea ang bangkay ni Jesus kay Pilato. (Si Jose ay isang tagasunod ni Jesus, ngunit palihim lang dahil natatakot siya sa mga pinuno ng mga Judio.) Pinayagan siya ni Pilato, kaya pinuntahan niya ang bangkay ni Jesus para kunin ito. 39Sinamahan siya ni Nicodemus, ang lalaking bumisita noon kay Jesus isang gabi. Nagdala si Nicodemus ng mga 35 kilo ng pabango na gawa sa pinaghalong mira at aloe. 40Kinuha nila ang bangkay ni Jesus at nilagyan ng dala nilang pabango habang ibinabalot ng telang linen, ayon sa nakaugalian ng mga Judio sa paglilibing. 41Sa lugar kung saan ipinako si Jesus ay may halamanan. At doon ay may isang bagong libingan na hinukay sa gilid ng burol, na hindi pa napapaglibingan. 42Dahil bisperas na noon ng pista, at dahil malapit lang ang libingang iyon, doon na nila inilibing si Jesus.
