john 19

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Joh 18:29-19:16a, Jesus’ trial before Pilate chiastic structure:

1a) Joh 18:29-40, The Jews brought Jesus before Pilate/ they delivered Him to him for a death sentence;

1a) Joh 18:29-32, Pilate went out to the Jews: What is your accusation/ They called for a death sentence;

central axis) Joh 18:33-38, Pilate questioned Jesus/ Jesus bore witness to His kingship;

1a.1) Joh 18:33, Pilate called Jesus: Are You the King of the Jews;
1a.2) Joh 18:34, Jesus: Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me;
1a.3) Joh 18:35, Pilate: Am I a Jew? What have You done;
1b) Joh 18:36a, Jesus: My kingdom is not of this world;
central axis) Joh 18:36b, “If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews;”
2b) Joh 18:36c, Jesus: But now My kingdom is not from here;
2a.1) Joh 18:37a, Pilate: Are You a king then;
2a.2) Joh 18:37b, Jesus: You say it/ For this I was born into the world; everyone of the truth hears Me;
2a.3) Joh 19:38a, Pilate: What is truth;

2a) Joh 18:38b-40, Pilate went out to the Jews: I find no fault in Him/ They called for Barabbas;

1b) Joh 19:1, So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him;

central axis) Joh 19:2-3a, The soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!”;

2b) Joh 19:3b, And they struck Him with their hands;

2a) Joh 19:4-16a, Pilate brought Jesus before the Jews/ he delivered Him to them to be crucified;

1a) Joh 19:4-7, Pilate went out to the Jews: I find no fault in Him/ They called for His crucifixion;

central axis) Joh 19:8-12, Pilate questioned Jesus/ Jesus affirmed His authority;

1a) Joh 19:8-10, Pilate, being afraid, asserted to Jesus his power to crucify or release Him;
central axis) Joh 19:11, Jesus: “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin;”
2a) Joh 19:12a, From then on Pilate sought to release Him;

2a) Joh 19:12-15, Pilate went out to the Jews, sought to release Him/ They called for His crucifixion;

2a) Joh 19:16a, Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified.

Joh 19:16b-42, Jesus’ crucifixion and burial chiastic structure:

1a) Joh 19:16b, So they took Jesus and led Him away;

1b) Joh 19:17-22, They crucified Him on a cross at the Place of a Skull (that is, Golgotha);

1a) Joh 19:17a, And He, bearing His cross;
1b) Joh 19:17b, Went out to the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha;
2b) Joh 19:18, Where they crucified Him, and two others with Him;
2a) Joh 19:19-22, Pilate wrote His accusation on the cross: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS;

1c) Joh 19:23-24, The soldiers cast lots for His clothes, that the Scripture might be fulfilled;

central axis) Joh 19:25-17, “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!’ Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold your mother!’ And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home;”

2c) Joh 19:28-30b, Jesus received the sour wine, that the Scripture might be fulfilled;

2b) Joh 19:30c, And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit;

2a) Joh 19:31-42, So they took Jesus and laid Him in a new tomb;

1a) Joh 19:31a, Because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath;
1b) Joh 19:31b-32, The Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, that they might be taken away;
1c) Joh 19:33-34, But since Jesus was already dead, they did not break His legs, but pierced His side with a spear;
central axis) Joh 19:35, “And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe;”
2c) Joh 19:36-37, For these things – legs not broken + pierced – were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled;
2b) Joh 19:38-41, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus + laid Him in a new tomb;
2a) Joh 19:42, There they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.