John 19

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

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WEBSo Pilate then took Jesus and flogged him.
KJVThen Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
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WEBThe soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
KJVAnd the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
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WEBThey kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
KJVAnd said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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WEBThen 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.”
KJVPilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
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WEBJesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
KJVThen came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
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WEBWhen 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.”
KJVWhen the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
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WEBThe Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
KJVThe Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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WEBWhen therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
KJVWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
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WEBHe entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
KJVAnd went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
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WEBPilate 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?”
KJVThen saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
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WEBJesus 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.”
KJVJesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
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WEBAt 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!”
KJVAnd from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.
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WEBWhen 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.”
KJVWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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WEBNow it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
KJVAnd it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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WEBThey 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!”
KJVBut they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.
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WEBSo then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
KJVThen delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
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WEBHe went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
KJVAnd he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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WEBwhere they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
KJVWhere they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
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WEBPilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
KJVAnd Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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WEBTherefore 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.
KJVThis title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
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WEBThe 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.”’”
KJVThen said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
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WEBPilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
KJVPilate answered, What I have written I have written.
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WEBThen the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
KJVThen the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
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WEBThen 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. They cast lots for my clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
KJVThey said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
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WEBBut standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
KJVNow there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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WEBTherefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
KJVWhen Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
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WEBThen he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
KJVThen saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
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WEBAfter this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty!”
KJVAfter this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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WEBNow 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.
KJVNow there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
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WEBWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
KJVWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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WEBTherefore 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.
KJVThe Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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WEBTherefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with him;
KJVThen came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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WEBbut when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.
KJVBut when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
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WEBHowever, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
KJVBut one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
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WEBHe who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
KJVAnd he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
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WEBFor these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
KJVFor these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
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WEBAgain another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
KJVAnd again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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WEBAfter 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.
KJVAnd after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
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WEBNicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
KJVAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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WEBSo they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
KJVThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
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WEBNow 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.
KJVNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
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WEBThen, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.
KJVThere laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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