So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

And they were urgent with great voices, asking for him to be crucified. And their voices and the chief priests' overcame.

And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

As soon as they led Him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenaean, who was coming in from the country, and on his shoulders they put the cross, for him to carry it behind Jesus.

A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

And when they came to the place called "The Skull" [Note: The Latin word for this place is "Calvary"], they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one at His right side and one at His left.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

Now there was also an inscription above Him: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

Now when it was about twelve o'clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon, for

for the sun had failed to shine. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.

As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

who had not consented to their decision and deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And [after receiving permission] he took it down and wrapped it in a linen [burial] cloth and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

It was the day of preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning.

So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus' body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].

Now at early dawn on the first day of the week [i.e., early Sunday morning], the women [See Mark 16:1] went to Jesus' grave site, taking the spices which they had prepared [for His burial].

While they were at a loss to account for this, all at once two men stood beside them, in dazzling clothing.

And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?

He is not here; for He has risen [from the dead]. [Do you not] remember what He told you when He was still in Galilee, saying,

But their eyes continued to be held that they should not recognize him even for an instant,

and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up for condemnation of death, and crucified him.

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel and set our nation free. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

for they found not his body, and came and told that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

And they drew near unto the village, whither they were journeying; and, he, made for journeying, further.

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

And they were there in the Temple [area] continually praising God [i.e., for the next ten days. See Acts 2].

In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:

The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a testimony,

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but that he might testify for the Light.

[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.

[Such people] were born of God, not of blood ties [i.e., from physical descendants], nor of the will of the flesh [i.e., merely from a sexual desire], nor of the will of man [i.e., from a husband's desire for offspring].

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

And Jesus turned and saw them following Him, and asked them, “What do you want?” They answered Him, “Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?”

He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

He said to them: Come and see. They went and saw where he abode; and they remained with him that day; for it was about the tenth hour.

On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"

Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

"Leave the matter in my hands," He replied; "the time for me to act has not yet come."

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

and said to him, "Everyone sets out the best wine first, and when people have had plenty to drink, he then sets out the poor quality [wine]. But you have kept the best wine until now." [Note: See Barnes Notes and The Gospel of John by Butler for evidence suggesting that this was not intoxicating wine].

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.

But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

There in the Temple [area] He found people selling oxen, sheep and pigeons. [i.e., for use as sacrifices]. Also cashiers were sitting there. [Note: These people exchanged foreign coins so visitors to Jerusalem could make purchases and pay taxes].

His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

So the Jews replied to Him, “What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?”

The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?"

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men,

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Whoever believes and has decided to trust in Him [as personal Savior and Lord] is not judged [for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation]; but the one who does not believe [and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord] is judged already [that one has been convicted and sentenced], because he has not believed and trusted in the name of the [One and] only begotten Son of God [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One who alone can save him].

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

but he that does good comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, for they are wrought in God.

After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—