Overview of John 19

19:1–16: Pilate scourges Jesus, the soldiers mock-crown him, and Pilate presents him — "Behold the man!" — declaring him innocent. The real charge surfaces ("he made himself the Son of God"); Jesus tells Pilate his authority is given "from above"; and under the threat "you are not Caesar's friend," the leaders cry, "We have no king but Caesar," and Jesus is handed over. 19:17–30: at Golgotha he is crucified under the trilingual title "King of the Jews"; the soldiers cast lots for his seamless tunic; he entrusts his mother to the beloved disciple; and, fulfilling Scripture, he says "I thirst" and then "It is finished," and gives up his spirit.

19:31–42: because Jesus is already dead, his legs are not broken (the Passover Lamb — "not a bone shall be broken"); a soldier pierces his side, and blood and water flow ("they will look on him whom they pierced"). Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus give him an honorable burial in a new tomb in a garden.

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