Good Friday - “For us” (29.03.24)

¹⁶ Then at last he handed Him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away. ¹⁷ And, bearing His cross, He went out to a place called Skull, in Hebrew Golgotha; ¹⁸ there they crucified Him and two others with Him, on this side and on the other, and Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹ Pilate also wrote an inscription and placed it on the cross. It was written: “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” ²⁰ This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Roman. ²¹ The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write: “King of the Jews,” but that He said: “I am the King of the Jews.” ²² Pilate answered: What I wrote, I wrote. ²³ When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier, and a tunic; The tunic was not sewn, but was entirely woven on top. ²⁴ So they said to each other: “Let us not rend him, but let us cast lots for him, whose it will be, so that what was said in the Scripture might be fulfilled: “They divided my garments among themselves, and cast lots for my clothing.” This is what the warriors did. ²⁵ Standing at the cross of Jesus were His Mother and His Mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ Jesus, seeing the Mother and the disciple standing there, whom he loved, said to His Mother: Woman! Behold, Your son. ²⁷ Then he says to the disciple: Behold, your Mother! And from that time on, this disciple took Her to him. ²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that everything had already been accomplished so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, says: I thirst. ²⁹ There stood a vessel full of vinegar. The soldiers filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on hyssop, and brought it to His lips. ³⁰ When Jesus tasted the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” And, bowing his head, he gave up his spirit. John 19:16-30