John 19:16b-22
Narrative Lectionary 436
16 Then he handed him overA to them to be crucified.B
So they tookC Jesus;D
17 and carryingE the crossF by himself, he went outG to what is calledH
The PlaceI of the Skull,J which in HebrewK is called Golgotha.L
18 There they crucified him, and with him twoM others,N one on either side, with Jesus betweenO them.
19 PilateP also had an inscriptionQ writtenR and putS on the cross.
It read,T “Jesus of Nazareth,U the KingV of the Jews.”W
20 ManyX of the Jews readY this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city;Z
and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin,AA and in Greek.BB
21 Then the chief priestsCC of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
Image credit: “Crucifixion with Saints Jerome, Francis, Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist and Blessed Giovanni Colombini” by Pietro Perugino and Luca Signorelli, 1483.