12. From that moment Pilate made every effort to release Him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar! ”
13. When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s bench in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Hebrew Gabbatha).
14. It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about six in the morning. Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king! ”
15. But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him! ”Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king? ”“We have no king but Caesar! ” the chief priests answered.
16. So then, because of them, he handed Him over to be crucified.Therefore they took Jesus away.
17. Carrying His own cross, He went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
18. There they crucified Him and two others with Him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle.
19. Pilate also had a sign lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:JESUS THE NAZARENETHE KING OF THE JEWS.
20. 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.
21. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’ ”
22. Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”
23. When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.
24. So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” They did this to fulfill the Scripture that says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. And this is what the soldiers did.
25. Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26. When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing there, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
27. Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
28. After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, “I’m thirsty! ”
29. A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.
30. When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished! ” Then bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
31. Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.