{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/john/19","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-20T05:00:06.611Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":19,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":18,"nextChapter":20,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":42},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith to them, Behold the man!"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When therefore the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And went again into the judgment-hall, and saith to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then saith Pilate to him, Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Jesus answered, Thou couldst have no power against me; except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me to thee hath the greater sin."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend. Whoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cesar."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold your King!"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on each side one, and Jesus in the midst."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Many of the Jews then read this title: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son!"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and expired."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath, (for that sabbath was a great day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs:"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came out blood and water."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"And he that saw it, testified, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And after this, Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore and took the body of Jesus."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"And there came also Nicodemus (who at the first came to Jesus by night) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Then they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which was never man yet laid."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"There they laid Jesus therefore, because of the Jews' preparation-day, for the sepulcher was nigh at hand."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 19 (WBT)","markdown":"[John 19](https://primebible.com/wbt/john/19)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/john/19 (accessed 2026-06-20)."}}