Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

John 19

The Crucifixion in Other Gospels:
Matthew Chapter 27
Mark Chapter 15
Luke Chapter 23

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

John 19:¹ So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.

John 19:² And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.

John 19:³ Then (they came up to Him and) they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.

John 19:⁴ Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

Pilate’s Decision

John 19:⁵ Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

John 19:⁶ Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

John 19:⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

John 19:⁸ Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,

John 19:⁹ and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

John 19:¹⁰ Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to crucify You, and power to release You?”

John 19:¹¹ Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

John 19:¹² From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

John 19:¹³ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

John 19:¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover (Nisan 14), and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” (Jesus was taken down before twilight when the next Jewish day began – Nisan 15, A Holy Convocation, A High Sabbath).

John 19:¹⁵ But 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 (Pilate) delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.

The King on a Cross

John 19:¹⁷ And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

John 19:¹⁸ where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.

John 19:¹⁹ Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 19:²⁰ Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city (Jerusalem); and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

John 19:²¹ Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”

John 19:²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

John 19:²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.

John 19:²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:

“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”

Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Behold Your Mother

John 19:²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

1. Mary, Jesus’ mother
2. Mary’s (Jesus’ mother’s) sister (Salome? or the same as #III.)
3. Mary, the wife of Clopas (of the Abiudite lineage to the throne of David). Clopas and Ptolas are twins, the sons of Jacob ben Mattan from his 1st marriage to Eucharia. Jacob ben Mattan’s 2nd wife was Cleopatra of Jerusalem. Joseph the carpenter is the son of the union of Jacob ben Mattan and Cleopatra of Jerusalem. Therefore; Clopas and Ptolas are half-brothers of Joseph the carpenter, the legal father of Jesus.
4. And Mary Magdalene

• Salome (peaceful) The wife of Zebedee, (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40) and probably the sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, to whom reference is made in John 19:25. The only events recorded of Salome are that she preferred a request on behalf of her two sons for seats of honor in the kingdom of heaven, (Matthew 20:20) that she attended at the crucifixion of Jesus, (Mark 15:40) and that she visited his sepulchre.
  Smith’s Bible Dictionary

John 19:²⁶ When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (John, the author of this gospel) standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”

• Peter and the other apostles are nowhere to be found …only John. Four Marys and John were at the cross with Jesus. Mary, Jesus’ mother, had biological sons, but they were not at the cross. Therefore, in taking care of His mother, Jesus wanted John to take the role of being her son.

• Was it too dangerous for Jesus’ brothers to be present? Or…remember, in John 7 they tried to set Jesus up to be killed because they didn’t believe in Him. For whatever reason: Jesus wanted his mother to be taken care of by John.

• There is also no mention of Joseph.
  
  Joseph is mentioned at numerous times during the early childhood of Jesus, but is last mentioned when Jesus was twelve years old. At that age, Jesus had stayed behind at the temple while His parents searched for Him for three days (Luke 2:41-50).
  
  Since Joseph is not mentioned during the public ministry of Jesus, most scholars assume Joseph died sometime between the twelve-year-old temple account (approximately 12 AD) and when Jesus began His public ministry around 30 AD at “about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23). For example, early in His ministry, Jesus is noted at a family wedding where Mary is mentioned, but not Joseph (John 2:1-12).
  
  ~Compelling Truth https://www.compellingtruth.org/Joseph-Jesus.html

John 19:²⁷ Then He said to the disciple (John), “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple (John) took her to his own home.

It Is Finished

John 19:²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing (seeing) that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”

John 19:²⁹ Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

John 19:³⁰ So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

John 19:³¹ Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day (for the Passover), that the bodies should not remain 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 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was 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 immediately blood and water came out.

John 19:³⁵ And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

John 19:³⁶ For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”

John 19:³⁷ And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

John 19:³⁸ After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being 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 permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.  

• There is evidence that Joseph of Arimathea was related to Jesus through Mary’s lineage, being the son of Mary’s grandfather Matthat ha-David (-Thrice) through Matthat’s second wife Rachel of Arimathea (Thrice referring to his being married three times). Matthat is number seventy four in the genealogical line of the Messiah in Luke. He is also called Mattat ben Levi, “Nasi” (prince) in the Rhesaite line to the throne of David.  
  The Decurion, Joseph of Arimathea, was a metal merchant magnate who controlled tin mines in Cornwell, England. Reports claimed he went to England to spread the gospel after Jesus’ death. This would make sense given his occupation and wealth.Decurion means the head of a decury of ten men and/or a member of the senate of an ancient Roman colony or municipality.
  See: Genealogy of Jesus
  
• William of Malmesbury mentions Joseph’s (of Arimathea) going to Britain in one passage of his Chronicle of the English Kings, written in the 1120s. He says Philip the Apostle sent twelve Christians to Britain, one of whom was his dearest friend, Joseph of Arimathea. William does not mention Joseph by name again, but he mentions the twelve evangelists generally. He claims that Glastonbury Abbey was founded by them; Glastonbury would be associated specifically with Joseph in later literature.
  
  
  

John 19:³⁹ And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

1. The myrrh and aloes would be for Jesus’ death. Aloe Vera is typically used for healing. The meaning of myrrh is “bitter”. Myrrh is the dried resin from the myrrh tree. When the resin is harvested, lateral cuts are made on the trunk or branches. An aromatic gum resin exudes from the wounds. When the resin is exposed to the air, the gum hardens forming irregular shaped yellow or brown globules. The globules smell pleasant but have a bitter taste. It is used for incense and probably was used to cover the decaying smell of a dead person. Jesus however, did not undergo decay. His death was simply anointed with perfume. Remember – Mary Magdalene poured costly perfume on Jesus in Bethany prior to his last week in Jerusalem.
2. If you are looking for the tomb Jesus died in, look for the remnant of Myrrh. When He rose from the dead, He would have left it behind with His grave clothes.

John 19:⁴⁰ Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

• See Topic: The Shroud of Turin with its many, many proofs of the resurrection.

John 19:⁴¹ Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

John 19:⁴² So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

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{1 of 7} John 19 – “Jewish Leaders Blackmail Roman Legate Forcing Execution of Innocent Man”
{2 of 7} John 19 – “Stand By Me” [v25-26]
{3 of 7} John 19 – “Cross-Examined” [The Crucifixion]
{4 of 7} John 19 – “Twisted, Coiled, Cursed” [Symbolism & Hebrew Meanings]
{5 of 7} John 19 – “The Wonder of the Wandering Future” [Prophecy & Patterns]
{6 of 7} John 19 – “Four Swords and a Spear” [Archeology]
{7 of 7} John 19 -“It is Finished!” [v28,30]
{8 of 8} John 19 – “No King But Caesar” [v15]

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