Jesus fulfills the prophecies of Isaiah.
[John 18:1] When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples across the Kidron
valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
[John 18:2] Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his
disciples.
[John 18:3] So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the
Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
[John 18:4] Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do
you seek?"
[John 18:5] They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, who
betrayed him, was standing with them.
[John 18:6] When he said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground.
[John 18:7] Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
[John 18:8] Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he; so, if you seek me, let these men go."
[John 18:9] This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom thou gavest me I lost
not one."
[John 18:10] Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priests slave and cut off
his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.
[John 18:11] Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the
Father has given me?"
[John 18:12] So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and
bound him.
[John 18:13] First they led him to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high
priest that year.
[John 18:14] It was Caiaphas who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man
should die for the people.
[John 18:15] Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to
the high priest, he entered the court of the high priest along with Jesus,
[John 18:16] while Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high
priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
[John 18:17] The maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man's disciples?"
He said, "I am not."
[John 18:18] Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they
were standing and warming themselves; Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
[John 18:19] The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
[John 18:20] Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in
synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together; I have said nothing secretly.
[John 18:21] Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I said to them; they know
what I said."
[John 18:22] When he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying,
"Is that how you answer the high priest?"
[John 18:23] Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness to the wrong; but if I have
spoken rightly, why do you strike me?"
[John 18:24] Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
[John 18:25] Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, "Are not you
also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
[John 18:26] One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman of the man whose ear Peter had cut
off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
[John 18:27] Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.
[John 18:28] Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They
themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
[John 18:29] So Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
[John 18:30] They answered him, "If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him
over."
[John 18:31] Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews
said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death."
[John 18:32] This was to fulfil the word which Jesus had spoken to show by what death he was to
die.
[John 18:33] Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King
of the Jews?"
[John 18:34] Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about
me?"
[John 18:35] Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you
over to me; what have you done?"
[John 18:36] Jesus answered, "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my
servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the
world."
[John 18:37] Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For
this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is
of the truth hears my voice."
[John 18:38] Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again,
and told them, "I find no crime in him.
[John 18:39] But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you
have me release for you the King of the Jews?"
[John 18:40] They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
[John 19:1] Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
[John 19:2] And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a
purple robe;
[John 19:3] they came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
[John 19:4] Pilate went out again, and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you, that you may
know that I find no crime in him."
[John 19:5] So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,
"Behold the man!"
[John 19:6] When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify
him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him."
[John 19:7] The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he has
made himself the Son of God."
[John 19:8] When Pilate heard these words, he was the more afraid;
[John 19:9] he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave
no answer.
[John 19:10] Pilate therefore said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have
power to release you, and power to crucify you?"
[John 19:11] Jesus answered him, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you
from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin."
[John 19:12] Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man,
you are not Caesar's friend; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar."
[John 19:13] When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat
at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
[John 19:14] Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said
to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
[John 19:15] They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall
I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
[John 19:16] Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
[John 19:17] So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place
of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha.
[John 19:18] There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between
them.
[John 19:19] Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of
the Jews."
[John 19:20] Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the
city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
[John 19:21] The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,'
but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews."
[John 19:22] Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
[John 19:23] When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four parts, one
for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom;
[John 19:24] 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 fulfil the scripture, "They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they
cast lots."
[John 19:25] So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
[John 19:26] When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his
mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
[John 19:27] Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took
her to his own home.
[John 19:28] After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I thirst."
[John 19:29] A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and
held it to his mouth.
[John 19:30] When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.
[John 19:31] Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining 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.
[John 19:32] So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been
crucified with him;
[John 19:33] but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his
legs.
[John 19:34] But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood
and water.
[John 19:35] He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the
truth--that you also may believe.
[John 19:36] For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of him shall
be broken."
[John 19:37] And again another scripture says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced."
[John 19:38] After this 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 leave. So he came
and took away his body.
[John 19:39] Nicodemus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of
myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight.
[John 19:40] They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial
custom of the Jews.
[John 19:41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new
tomb where no one had ever been laid.
[John 19:42] So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid
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