of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?" 018:027 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed. 018:028 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. 018:029 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" 018:030 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you." 018:031 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death," 018:032 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die. 018:033 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 018:034 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?" 018:035 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?" 018:036 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here." 018:037 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice." 018:038 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him. 018:039 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 018:040 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. 019:001 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him. 019:002 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment. 019:003 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him. 019:004 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him." 019:005 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!" 019:006 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him." 019:007 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God." 019:008 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid. 019:009 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. 019:010 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?" 019:011 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin." 019:012 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!" 019:013 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha." 019:014 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour.{noon} He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!" 019:015 They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!" 019:016 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away. 019:017 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha," 019:018 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle. 019:019 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS." 019:020 Therefore 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. 019:021 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'" 019:022 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." 019:023 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 019:024 Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots."{Psalm 22:18} Therefore the soldiers did these things. 019:025 But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 019:026 Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 019:027 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home. 019:028 After this, Jesus, seeing{NU, TR read "knowing" instead of "seeing"} that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." 019:029 Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. 019:030 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. 019:031 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 019:032 Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him; 019:033 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs. 019:034 However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 019:035 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe. 019:036 For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."{Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20} 019:037 Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."{Zechariah 12:10} 019:038 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body. 019:039 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.{100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds, or 33 Kilograms.} 019:040 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 019:041 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid. 019:042 Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there. 020:001 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. 020:002 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!" 020:003 Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. 020:004 They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. 020:005 Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in. 020:006 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, 020:007 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 020:008 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. 020:009 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 020:010 So the disciples went away again to their own homes. 020:011 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb, 020:012 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 020:013 They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him." 020:014 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus. 020:015 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." 020:016 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say, "Teacher!" 020:017 Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" 020:018 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her. 020:019 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you." 020:020 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord. 020:021 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." 020:022 When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit! 020:023 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained." 020:024 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came. 020:025 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." 020:026 After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you." 020:027 Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing." 020:028 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 020:029 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me,{TR adds " Thomas,"} you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed." 020:030 Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; 020:031 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name. 021:001 After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. 021:002 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 021:003 Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We are also coming with you." They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. 021:004 But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus. 021:005 Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No." 021:006 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish. 021:007 That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea. 021:008 But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits{200 cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters} away), dragging the net full of fish. 021:009 So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 021:010 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught." 021:011 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish, one hundred fifty-three; and even though there were so many, the net wasn't torn. 021:012 Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord. 021:013 Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise. 021:014 This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead. 021:015 So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 021:016 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 021:017 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. 021:018 Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go." 021:019 Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me." 021:020 Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?" 021:021 Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" 021:022 Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me." 021:023 This saying therefore went out among the brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?" 021:024 This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true. 021:025 There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn't have room for the books that would be written.

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