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!”