Holy Week in John

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1. 12:12

   The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

2. 12:13

   They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

3. 12:14

   Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

4. 12:15

   “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

5. 12:16

   At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

6. 12:17

   Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

7. 12:18

   That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

8. 12:19

   Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

9. 13:1

   It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

10. 13:2

    The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

11. 13:3

    Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

12. 13:4

    So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

13. 13:5

    After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

14. 13:6

    He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

15. 13:7

    Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

16. 13:8

    “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

17. 13:9

    “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

18. 13:10

    Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

19. 13:11

    For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

20. 13:12

    When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

21. 13:13

    You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

22. 13:14

    So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

23. 13:15

    I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

24. 13:16

    Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

25. 13:17

    If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

26. 13:18

    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

27. 13:19

    I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

28. 13:20

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

29. 13:21

    After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

30. 13:22

    The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant.

31. 13:23

    One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.

32. 13:24

    So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.

33. 13:25

    Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

34. 13:26

    Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

35. 13:27

    And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

36. 13:28

    But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.

37. 13:29

    Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

38. 13:30

    As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.

39. 13:31

    When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

40. 13:32

    If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

41. 13:33

    Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

42. 13:34

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

43. 13:35

    By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

44. 13:36

    “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

45. 13:37

    “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

46. 13:38

    “Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

47. 14:1

    “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.

48. 14:2

    In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

49. 14:3

    And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

50. 14:4

    You know the way to the place where I am going.”

51. 14:5

    “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

52. 14:6

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

53. 14:7

    If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

54. 14:8

    Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

55. 14:9

    Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

56. 14:10

    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

57. 14:11

    Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.

58. 14:12

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

59. 14:13

    And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

60. 14:14

    If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

61. 14:15

    If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

62. 14:16

    And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

63. 14:17

    the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

64. 14:18

    I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

65. 14:19

    In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

66. 14:20

    On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.

67. 14:21

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

68. 14:22

    Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

69. 14:23

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

70. 14:24

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

71. 14:25

    All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you.

72. 14:26

    But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

73. 14:27

    Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

74. 14:28

    You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

75. 14:29

    And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

76. 14:30

    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

77. 14:31

    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

78. 15:1

    “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

79. 15:2

    He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

80. 15:3

    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

81. 15:4

    Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

82. 15:5

    I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

83. 15:6

    If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

84. 15:7

    If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

85. 15:8

    This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

86. 15:9

    As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

87. 15:10

    If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

88. 15:11

    I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

89. 15:12

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

90. 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

91. 15:14

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

92. 15:15

    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

93. 15:16

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

94. 15:17

    This is My command to you: Love one another.

95. 15:18

    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

96. 15:19

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

97. 15:20

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

98. 15:21

    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

99. 15:22

    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

100. 15:23

     Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

101. 15:24

     If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

102. 15:25

     But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

103. 15:26

     When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

104. 15:27

     And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

105. 16:1

     “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

106. 16:2

     They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

107. 16:3

     They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

108. 16:4

     But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

109. 16:5

     Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

110. 16:6

     Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

111. 16:7

     But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

112. 16:8

     And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

113. 16:9

     in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;

114. 16:10

     in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

115. 16:11

     and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

116. 16:12

     I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

117. 16:13

     However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

118. 16:14

     He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.

119. 16:15

     Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

120. 16:16

     In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”

121. 16:17

     Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

122. 16:18

     They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”

123. 16:19

     Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

124. 16:20

     Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

125. 16:21

     A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

126. 16:22

     So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

127. 16:23

     In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

128. 16:24

     Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

129. 16:25

     I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

130. 16:26

     In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

131. 16:27

     For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

132. 16:28

     I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

133. 16:29

     His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

134. 16:30

     Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

135. 16:31

     “Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.

136. 16:32

     “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

137. 16:33

     I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

138. 17:1

     When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

139. 17:2

     For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

140. 17:3

     Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

141. 17:4

     I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

142. 17:5

     And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

143. 17:6

     I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

144. 17:7

     Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

145. 17:8

     For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

146. 17:9

     I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

147. 17:10

     All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

148. 17:11

     I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

149. 17:12

     While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

150. 17:13

     But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

151. 17:14

     I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

152. 17:15

     I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

153. 17:16

     They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

154. 17:17

     Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

155. 17:18

     As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

156. 17:19

     For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

157. 17:20

     I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

158. 17:21

     that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

159. 17:22

     I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

160. 17:23

     I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

161. 17:24

     Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

162. 17:25

     Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

163. 17:26

     And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

164. 18:1

     After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

165. 18:2

     Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

166. 18:3

     So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

167. 18:4

     Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

168. 18:5

     “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

169. 18:6

     When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

170. 18:7

     So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

171. 18:8

     “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

172. 18:9

     This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

173. 18:10

     Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

174. 18:11

     “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

175. 18:12

     Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

176. 18:13

     They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

177. 18:14

     Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

178. 18:15

     Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

179. 18:16

     But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

180. 18:17

     At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

181. 18:18

     Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

182. 18:19

     Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

183. 18:20

     “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

184. 18:21

     Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”

185. 18:22

     When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

186. 18:23

     Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

187. 18:24

     Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

188. 18:25

     Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

189. 18:26

     One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

190. 18:27

     Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

191. 18:28

     Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

192. 18:29

     So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

193. 18:30

     “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

194. 18:31

     “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

195. 18:32

     This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

196. 18:33

     Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

197. 18:34

     “Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”

198. 18:35

     “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

199. 18:36

     Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

200. 18:37

     “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

201. 18:38

     “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

202. 18:39

     But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

203. 18:40

     “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

204. 19:1

     Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

205. 19:2

     The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.

206. 19:3

     And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

207. 19:4

     Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

208. 19:5

     When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

209. 19:6

     As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

210. 19:7

     “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

211. 19:8

     When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,

212. 19:9

     and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.

213. 19:10

     So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”

214. 19:11

     Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

215. 19:12

     From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

216. 19:13

     When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

217. 19:14

     It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

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     At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

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     Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.

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     Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

221. 19:18

     There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

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     Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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     Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

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     So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

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     Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

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     When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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     So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.

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     Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

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     When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

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     Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

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     After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

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     A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

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     When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

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     It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

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     So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

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     But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

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     Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

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     The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

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     Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

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     And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

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     Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

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     Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

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     So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

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     Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

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     And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

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     Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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     So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”

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     Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.

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     The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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     He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

251. 20:6

     Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

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     The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

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     Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

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     For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

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     Then the disciples returned to their homes.

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     But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

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     and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

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     “Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”

259. 20:14

     When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

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     “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

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     Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

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     “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

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     Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

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     It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

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     After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

266. 20:21

     Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

267. 20:22

     When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

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     If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

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     Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

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     So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

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     Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

272. 20:27

     Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

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     Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

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     Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

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     Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

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     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.