What is happening here?
Pilate scourges Jesus and presents Him wearing a crown of thorns, but the leaders demand crucifixion. Though Pilate asserts authority, Jesus tells him that authority is given from above. Jesus is crucified under the title ‘King of the Jews,’ entrusts His mother to the beloved disciple, declares ‘It is finished,’ dies, and is pierced. John stresses eyewitness testimony and fulfillment of Scripture before Joseph and Nicodemus bury Him.
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