John 19 Bible in Basic English
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1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
1 ASÍ que, entonces tomó Pilato á Jesús, y le azotó.
1 So Pilate then took Jesus and flogged him.
2 And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
2 Y los soldados entretejieron de espinas una corona, y pusiéron[la] sobre su cabeza, y le vistieron de una ropa de grana;
2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
3 And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
3 Y decían: ¡Salve, Rey de los Judíos! y dábanle de bofetadas.
3 They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
4 And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.
4 Entonces Pilato salió otra vez fuera, y díjoles: He aquí, os le traigo fuera, para que entendáis que ningún crimen hallo en él.
4 Then 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.”
5 Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!
5 Y salió Jesús fuera, llevando la corona de espinas y la ropa de grana. Y díceles [Pilato]: He aquí el hombre.
5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
6 So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.
6 Y como le vieron los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y los servidores, dieron voces diciendo: Crucifícale, crucifícale. Díceles Pilato: Tomadle vosotros, y crucificadle; porque yo no hallo en él crimen.
6 When 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.”
7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.
7 Respondiéronle los Judíos: Nosotros tenemos ley, y según nuestra ley debe morir, porque se hizo Hijo de Dios.
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
8 When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;
8 Y como Pilato oyó esta palabra, tuvo más miedo.
8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
9 And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.
9 Y entró otra vez en el pretorio, y dijo á Jesús: ¿De dónde eres tú? Mas Jesús no le dió respuesta.
9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?
10 Entonces dícele Pilato: ¿A mí no me hablas? ¿no sabes que tengo potestad para crucificarte, y que tengo potestad para soltarte?
10 Pilate 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?”
11 Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.
11 Respondió Jesús: Ninguna potestad tendrías contra mí, si no te fuese dado de arriba: por tanto, el que á ti me ha entregado, mayor pecado tiene.
11 Jesus 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.”
12 Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.
12 Desde entonces procuraba Pilato soltarle; mas los Judíos daban voces, diciendo: Si á éste sueltas, no eres amigo de César: cualquiera que se hace rey, á César contradice.
12 At 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!”
13 So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.
13 Entonces Pilato, oyendo este dicho, llevó fuera á Jesús, y se sentó en el tribunal en el lugar que se dice Lithóstrotos, y en hebreo Gabbatha.
13 When 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.”
14 (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
14 Y era la víspera de la Pascua, y como la hora de sexta. Entonces dijo á los Judíos: He aquí vuestro Rey.
14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
15 Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.
15 Mas ellos dieron voces: Quita, quita, crucifícale. Díceles Pilato: ¿A vuestro Rey he de crucificar? Respondieron los pontífices: No tenemos rey sino á César.
15 They 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!”
16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;
16 Así que entonces lo entregó á ellos para que fuese crucificado. Y tomaron á Jesús, y le llevaron.
16 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
17 Y llevando su cruz, salió al lugar que se dice de la Calavera, y en hebreo, Gólgotha;
17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
18 Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.
18 Donde le crucificaron, y con él otros dos, uno á cada lado, y Jesús en medio.
18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
19 Y escribió también Pilato un título, que puso encima de la cruz. Y el escrito era: JESUS NAZARENO, REY DE LOS JUDIOS.
19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.
20 Y muchos de los Judíos leyeron este título: porque el lugar donde estaba crucificado Jesús era cerca de la ciudad: y estaba escrito en hebreo, en griego, y en latín.
20 Therefore 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.
21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.
21 Y decían á Pilato los pontífices de los Judíos: No escribas, Rey de los Judíos: sino, que él dijo: Rey soy de los Judíos.
21 The 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.”’”
22 But Pilate made answer, What I have put in writing will not be changed.
22 Respondió Pilato: Lo que he escrito, he escrito.
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.
23 Y como los soldados hubieron crucificado á Jesús, tomaron sus vestidos, é hicieron cuatro partes (para cada soldado una parte); y la túnica; mas la túnica era sin costura, toda tejida desde arriba.
23 Then 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.
24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.
24 Y dijeron entre ellos: No la partamos, sino echemos suertes sobre ella, de quién será; para que se cumpliese la Escritura, que dice: Partieron para sí mis vestidos, y sobre mi vestidura echaron suertes. Y los soldados hicieron esto.
24 Then 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.
25 Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.
25 Y estaban junto á la cruz de Jesús su madre, y la hermana de su madre, María [mujer] de Cleofas, y María Magdalena.
25 But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son!
26 Y como vió Jesús á la madre, y al discípulo que él amaba, que estaba presente, dice á su madre: Mujer, he ahí tu hijo.
26 Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.
27 Después dice al discípulo: He ahí tu madre. Y desde aquella hora el discípulo la recibió consigo.
27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.
28 Después de esto, sabiendo Jesús que todas las cosas eran ya cumplidas, para que la Escritura se cumpliese, dijo: Sed tengo.
28 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty!”
29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.
29 Y estaba [allí] un vaso lleno de vinagre: entonces ellos hinchieron una esponja de vinagre, y rodeada á un hisopo, se la llegaron á la boca.
29 Now 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.
30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
30 Y como Jesús tomó el vinagre, dijo: Consumado es. Y habiendo inclinado la cabeza, dió el espíritu.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
31 Entonces los Judíos, por cuanto era la víspera [de la Pascua], para que los cuerpos no quedasen en la cruz en el sábado, pues era el gran día del sábado, rogaron á Pilato que se les quebrasen las piernas, y fuesen quitados.
31 Therefore 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.
32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:
32 Y vinieron los soldados, y quebraron las piernas al primero, y asimismo al otro que había sido crucificado con él.
32 Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with him;
33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;
33 Mas cuando vinieron á Jesús, como le vieron ya muerto, no le quebraron las piernas:
33 but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.
34 But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.
34 Empero uno de los soldados le abrió el costado con una lanza, y luego salió sangre y agua.
34 However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.
35 Y el que [lo] vió, da testimonio, y su testimonio es verdadero: y él sabe que dice verdad, para que vosotros también creáis.
35 He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
36 These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.
36 Porque estas cosas fueron hechas para que se cumpliese la Escritura: Hueso no quebrantaréis de él.
36 For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”
37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.
37 Y también otra Escritura dice: Mirarán al que traspasaron.
37 Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.
38 Después de estas cosas, José de Arimatea, el cual era discípulo de Jesús, mas secreto por miedo de los Judíos, rogó á Pilato que pudiera quitar el cuerpo de Jesús: y permitióselo Pilato. Entonces vino, y quitó el cuerpo de Jesús.
38 After 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.
39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
39 Y vino también Nicodemo, el que antes había venido á Jesús de noche, trayendo un compuesto de mirra y de áloes, como cien libras.
39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.
40 Tomaron pues el cuerpo de Jesús, y envolviéronlo en lienzos con especias, como es costumbre de los Judíos sepultar.
40 So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.
41 Y en aquel lugar donde había sido crucificado, había un huerto; y en el huerto un sepulcro nuevo, en el cual aun no había sido puesto ninguno.
41 Now 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.
42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.
42 Allí, pues, por causa de la víspera [de la Pascua] de los Judíos, porque aquel sepulcro estaba cerca, pusieron á Jesús.
42 Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.
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Mary
One of the women who stood near the cross of Jesus with His mother and Mary Magdalene, identified in John 19:25 as the wife of Clopas.
Cited in the guide: John 19:25
Mary Magdalene
A woman from whom seven demons had gone out, who followed and supported Jesus from Galilee, stood by the cross, saw the burial, and was the first to see the empty tomb and the…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:56; Luke 8:2; John 19:25
Nicodemus
A Pharisee and leader of the Jews who came to Jesus at night, later asked the council to hear Jesus before judging him, and brought myrrh and aloes of about seventy-five pounds…
Cited in the guide: John 3:1; John 7:50; John 19:39
Cross references (41)
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- 1 Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 20:19; Isaiah 50:6; Luke 23:16; Luke 18:33
- 2 Mark 15:16–20; Psalm 22:6; Isaiah 53:3; Matthew 27:27–31; Luke 23:11
- 3 Matthew 27:29; Matthew 26:49; Luke 1:28; John 19:19–22; John 18:33
- 4 John 18:38; John 19:6; Luke 23:4; Luke 23:47; 1 Peter 2:22
- 5 John 19:2; John 1:29; Isaiah 7:14; Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 40:9
- 6 John 18:31; John 19:4; Matthew 27:22; Acts 13:27–29; Matthew 27:24
- 7 Leviticus 24:16; John 5:18; Matthew 26:63–66; Romans 1:4; Matthew 27:42–43
- 8 John 19:13; Acts 14:11–19
- 9 John 18:33; Philippians 1:28; Judges 13:6; Mark 15:3–5; Psalm 38:13–15
- 10 Daniel 5:19; Daniel 3:14–15; John 18:39
- 11 Romans 13:1; John 3:27; Acts 2:23; Daniel 4:17; John 7:30
- 12 Mark 6:16–26; John 18:33–36; Acts 17:6–7; Luke 23:2–5; Acts 24:24–27
- 13 Psalm 82:5–7; Matthew 27:19; Isaiah 51:12–13; Amos 4:7; Luke 12:5
- 14 Matthew 27:62; John 19:5; Mark 15:25; John 19:42; Mark 15:33–34
- 15 Luke 23:18; Acts 21:36; John 19:6; Genesis 49:10; Acts 22:22
- 16 Luke 23:24–25; Matthew 27:26–31; Mark 15:15–20
- 17 Luke 23:33; Luke 14:27; Luke 23:26; Acts 7:58; Mark 15:32
- 18 Isaiah 53:12; John 18:32; Mark 15:24–27; Matthew 27:44; Matthew 27:35–38
- 19 Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:14; John 19:21
- 20 Acts 26:14; John 5:2; Acts 22:2; Revelation 16:16; John 19:13
- 21 John 19:14; John 19:19
- 22 Psalm 76:10; John 19:12; Esther 4:16; Proverbs 8:29; Psalm 65:7
- 23 Luke 23:34; Mark 15:24; Matthew 27:35; Exodus 39:22–23
- 24 Psalm 22:18; John 19:36–37; John 19:28; Acts 13:27
- 25 Luke 23:49; Matthew 27:55–56; Mark 15:40–41; John 20:1; John 20:11–18
- 26 John 21:24; John 13:23; John 2:4; John 21:7; John 20:2
- 27 Matthew 12:48–50; John 16:32; 1 Timothy 5:2–4; 1 John 3:18–19; John 1:11
- 28 Psalm 69:21; Psalm 22:15; John 19:30; Luke 22:37; Luke 18:31
- 29 Numbers 19:18; Luke 23:36; Mark 15:36; Exodus 12:22; Matthew 27:48
- 30 John 17:4; Philippians 2:8; Colossians 2:14–17; John 10:11; Hebrews 12:2
- 31 John 19:14; John 19:42; Mark 15:42; Joshua 8:29; Leviticus 23:7–16
- 32 John 19:18; Luke 23:39–43
- 34 1 John 5:6; Zechariah 13:1; Zechariah 12:10; 1 John 5:8; Titus 3:5–7
- 35 John 21:24; 1 John 1:1–3; John 15:27; Hebrews 2:3–4; John 20:31
- 36 Psalm 34:20; Numbers 9:12; Exodus 12:46; John 19:28; Psalm 22:14
- 37 Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7; Psalm 22:16–17
- 38 Mark 15:42–47; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 27:57–61; Philippians 1:14; John 7:13
- 39 John 7:50–52; John 3:1–21; Song of Songs 4:14; Matthew 12:20; John 12:7
- 40 John 11:44; Acts 5:6; John 20:5–7; Matthew 26:12; Luke 24:12
- 41 Luke 23:53; Matthew 27:60; Isaiah 22:16; John 20:15; 2 Kings 23:30
- 42 John 19:14; John 19:31; Isaiah 53:9; John 19:41; Matthew 12:40
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