John 19 (Amplified Bible)

1SO THEN Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him.
2And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him.
3And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.
4Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him.
5So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the [a] Man!
6When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him.
7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.
8So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before.
9He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.
10So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You?
11Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.
12Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]!
13Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]--in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o'clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King!
15But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!
16Then he delivered Him over to them to be crucified.
17And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull--in Hebrew it is called Golgotha.
18There they crucified Him, and with Him two others--one on either side and Jesus between them.(B)
19And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.
20And many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, 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 garments and made four parts, one share for each soldier, and also the tunic (the long shirtlike undergarment). But the tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.
24So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots to decide whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture, They parted My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things.(C)
25But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26So Jesus, seeing His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [[b]Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son!
27Then He said to the disciple, See, [here is] your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own [keeping, own home].
28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst.(D)
29A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.
30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
31Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath--for that Sabbath was a very solemn and important one--the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.
32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who had been crucified with Him.
33But when they came to Jesus and they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
34But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out.
35And he who saw it (the eyewitness) gives this evidence, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe also.
36For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken;(E)
37And again another Scripture says, They shall look on Him Whom they have pierced.(F)
38And after this, Joseph of Arimathea--a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews--asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away His body.
39And Nicodemus also, who first had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, [weighing] about a hundred pounds.
40So they took Jesus' body and bound it in linen cloths with the spices (aromatics), as is the Jews' customary way to prepare for burial.
41Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever [yet] been laid.
42So there, because of the Jewish day of Preparation [and] since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus.


Christ condemned and crucified.

Little did Pilate think with what holy regard the sufferings of Christ. In after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men.
All men, unbelievers included have heard of the sufferings of our Lord.
Throughout the ages, the sufferings of Christ have been remembered.
Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to their scorn.
It is good for every one with faith, to behold Christ Jesus in his sufferings.
Behold him, and love him; be still and looking unto Jesus.
Did their hatred sharpen their endeavors against him? And shall not our love for him quicken or make alive our endeavors for him and his kingdom?
Pilate seems to have thought that Jesus might be some person above the common order.
Even the natural conscience makes men afraid of being found fighting against God.
As our Lord suffered for the sins both of Jews and Gentiles, it was a special part of the counsel of Divine Wisdom, that the Jews should first purpose his death, and the Gentiles carry that purpose into effect.
Had not Christ been thus rejected of men, we had been for ever rejected of God.
Now was the Son of man delivered into the hands of wicked and unreasonable men.
He was led forth for us that we might escape. He was nailed to the cross, as a Sacrifice bound to the altar.
The Scripture was fulfilled; he did not die at the altar among the sacrifices, but among criminals sacrificed to public justice.
And now let us pause, and with faith look upon Jesus. Was there ever sorrow like unto his sorrow?
See him bleeding, see him dying, see him and love him! Love him, and live for him! (Jn 19:19-30)

Christ on the cross.

Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before.
Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the writing to be altered; which was doubtless owing to a secret power of God upon his heart that this statement of our Lord's character and authority might continue.
Many things done by the Roman soldiers were fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament. All things therein written shall be fulfilled.
Christ tenderly provided for his mother at his death.
Sometimes, when God removes one comfort from us, he raises up another for us, where we looked not for it.
Christ's example teaches all men to honor their parents in life and death; to provide for their wants, and to promote their comfort by every means in their power.
Especially observe the dying word wherewith Jesus breathed out his soul.
It is finished; that is, the counsels of the Father concerning his sufferings were now fulfilled.
It is finished; all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, which pointed at the sufferings of the Messiah, were accomplished.
It is finished; the ceremonial law is abolished; the substance is now come, and all the shadows are done away.
It is finished; an end is made of transgression by bringing in an everlasting righteousness.
His sufferings were now finished, both those of his soul, and those of his body.
It is finished; the work of man's redemption and salvation is now completed.

His life was not taken from him by force, but freely given up. (Jn 19:31-37)

His side pierced.

A contention was made whether or not Jesus was dead.
He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did.
It showed that he had laid down his life of himself.
The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound.
But his death being so solemnly attested, shows there was something peculiar in it.
The blood and water that flowed out and signified those two great benefits which all believers partake of through Christ, justification and sanctification; blood for atonement, water for purification.
They both flow from the pierced side of our Redeemer.
To Christ crucified we owe merit for our justification, and Spirit and grace for our sanctification.
Let this silence the fears of weak Christians, and encourage their hopes; there came both water and blood out of Jesus' pierced side, both to justify and sanctify them. The Scripture was fulfilled, in Pilate's not allowing his legs to be broken, Ps 34:20.
There was a type of this in the paschal lamb, Ex 12:46.
May we ever look to Him, whom, by our sins, we have ignorantly and heedlessly pierced.Him who shed from his wounded side both water and blood, that we might be justified and sanctified in his name. (Jn 19:38-42)

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen