John 19:20
Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
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- John 19:13 : 13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called“The Stone Pavement”(Gabbatha in Aramaic).
- Acts 21:37 : 37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer,“May I say something to you?” The officer replied,“Do you know Greek?
- Acts 21:40 : 40 When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,
- Acts 22:2 : 2 (When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,
- Acts 26:14 : 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
- Heb 13:12 : 12 Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.
- Rev 9:11 : 11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
- Rev 16:16 : 16 Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.
- John 5:2 : 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways.
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- John 19:16-194 verses89%
16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,
17 and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called“The Place of the Skull”(called in Aramaic Golgotha).
18 There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”
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38 There was also an inscription over him,“This is the king of the Jews.”
- John 19:21-244 verses82%
21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate answered,“What I have written, I have written.”
23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
24 So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.
- Mark 15:24-274 verses80%
24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.
25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”
27 And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.
- Matt 27:35-395 verses79%
35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.
36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
37 Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads
- John 19:13-142 verses77%
13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called“The Stone Pavement”(Gabbatha in Aramaic).
14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”
- John 19:41-422 verses75%
41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.
42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
- John 19:5-62 verses74%
5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,“Look, here is the man!”
6 When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out,“Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said,“You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”
- John 19:1-33 verses73%
1 Pilate Tries to Release Jesus Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.
3 They came up to him again and again and said,“Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.
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20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
- Matt 27:22-232 verses73%
22 Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”
23 He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”
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32 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)
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22 They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha(which is translated,“Place of the Skull”).
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33 They came to a place called Golgotha(which means“Place of the Skull”)
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19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”
- John 19:37-382 verses71%
37 And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”
38 Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.
- Mark 15:12-143 verses71%
12 So Pilate spoke to them again,“Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”
13 They shouted back,“Crucify him!”
14 Pilate asked them,“Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”
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33 So when they came to the place that is called“The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
- John 19:30-312 verses71%
30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said,“It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.
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19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)
- Mark 15:17-182 verses71%
17 They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18 They began to salute him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”
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39 We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,
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21 But they kept on shouting,“Crucify, crucify him!”
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32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
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20 When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.