John 19:17–30

¹⁷and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the place called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic), ¹⁸where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side,^a and Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹And Pilate also wrote a notice and placed it^* on the cross, and it was written: “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.” ²⁰So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. ²¹Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The king of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, I am king of the Jews.’ ” ²²Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his clothing and made four shares—for each soldier a share—and the tunic. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top in a single piece.)^{b 24}So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it apart, but cast lots for it, to see whose it will be,” so that the scripture would be fulfilled that says,

“They divided my garments among themselves,

and for my clothing they cast lots.”^c

Thus the soldiers did these things.

²⁵Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus. ²⁶So Jesus, seeing his^* mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to his^* mother, “Woman, behold your son!” ²⁷Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

Jesus Dies on the Cross

²⁸After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and^* brought it^* to his mouth. ³⁰Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,”^d and bowing his^* head, he gave up his^* spirit.