John 19:15-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

15. “Kill him! Kill him!” they yelled. “Nail him to a cross!”“So you want me to nail your king to a cross?” Pilate asked.The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king!”

16. Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be nailed to a cross.Jesus was taken away,

17. and he carried his cross to a place known as “The Skull”. In Aramaic this place is called “Golgotha”.

18. There Jesus was nailed to the cross, and on each side of him a man was also nailed to a cross.

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