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But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him."

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"

So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?"

Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

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.

So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!"

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.

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.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, " Not a bone of his will be broken ."

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.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.

So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

So the disciples went back to their homes.

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you."

But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No."