John 19:4-27
     Jeremiah 27:4-7
     Psalm 57

John 19:4-27
    Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him." ⁵ When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"
    ⁶ As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!"
    But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him."
    ⁷ The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God."
    ⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, ⁹ and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?"
    ¹¹ Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."
    ¹² From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."
    ¹³ When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). ¹⁴ It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.
    "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews.
    ¹⁵ But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!"
    "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked.
    "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered.
    ¹⁶ Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
    So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. ¹⁷ Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). ¹⁸ Here they crucified him, and with him two others--one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
    ¹⁹ Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. ²¹ The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews."
    ²² Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
    ²³ When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
    ²⁴ "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it."
    This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said,

    "They divided my garments among them
        and cast lots for my clothing."
 
So this is what the soldiers did.
    ²⁵ Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," ²⁷ and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Jeremiah 27:4-7
    Give them a message for their masters and say, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Tell this to your masters: ⁵ With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. ⁶ Now I will hand all your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. ⁷ All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.

Psalm 57:1-11
For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave.

    Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me,
        for in you my soul takes refuge.
    I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
        until the disaster has passed.
 
    ² I cry out to God Most High,
        to God, who fulfills his purpose for me.
    ³ He sends from heaven and saves me,
        rebuking those who hotly pursue me;
Selah
        God sends his love and his faithfulness.
    ⁴ I am in the midst of lions;
        I lie among ravenous beasts--
    men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
        whose tongues are sharp swords.
 
    ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
        let your glory be over all the earth.
 
    ⁶ They spread a net for my feet--
        I was bowed down in distress.
    They dug a pit in my path--
        but they have fallen into it themselves.
Selah
 
    ⁷ My heart is steadfast, O God,
        my heart is steadfast;
        I will sing and make music.
    ⁸ Awake, my soul!
        Awake, harp and lyre!
        I will awaken the dawn.
 
    ⁹ I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
        I will sing of you among the peoples.
    ¹⁰ For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
        your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
 
    ¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
        let your glory be over all the earth.