20. The words were written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.The place where Jesus was taken wasn't far from the city, and many of the Jewish people read the charge against him.
21. So the chief priests went to Pilate and said, “Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You should have written, ‘He claimed to be King of the Jews.’ ”
22. But Pilate told them, “What is written will not be changed!”
23. After the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams.
24. The soldiers said to each other, “Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who gets it.” This happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say,“They divided up my clothesand gambledfor my garments.”The soldiers then did what they had decided.
25. Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too.
26. When Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple with her, he said to his mother, “This man is now your son.”
27. Then he said to the disciple, “She is now your mother.” From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
28. Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the Scriptures come true, he said, “I am thirsty!”
29. A jar of cheap wine was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant.
30. After Jesus drank the wine, he said, “Everything is done!” He bowed his head and died.
31. The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses during that day. So they asked Pilate to break the men's legs and take their bodies down.
32. The soldiers first broke the legs of the other two men who were nailed there.
33. But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, and they did not break his legs.
34. One of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and blood and water came out.
35. We know this is true, because it was told by someone who saw it happen. Now you can have faith too.