The KJV Holy Bible

 

John Chapter Nineteen

 

1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of the Gospel of John Chapter Nineteen: The Crucifixion and the Consummation of the Great Work 

"Chapter Nineteen represents the Absolute Climax of the Alchemical Process: the final, agonizing Ego-death of the localized Microcosm. The Sovereign Will is physically and energetically nailed to the cross of material density, deliberately surrendering its Vital Force to fully Transmute the lowest physical planes. Through this Ultimate Sacrifice, the illusion of the flesh is permanently shattered, culminating in the Highest Magickal decree of the Awakened Psyche: 'It is finished.'"

 

 

Verses 1-16: The Crown of Thorns and the Capitulation of the Intellect - "Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head... Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!... The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified." 

Pilate (the pragmatic, administrative earthly intellect) attempts a compromise, hoping to satisfy the chaotic lower Ego by merely punishing the Sovereign Will. The scourging represents the severe energetic friction applied to the physical vessel. The "crown of thorns" is a Profound Esoteric Symbol: it is the painful, twisted, and restrictive logic of the dense material plane violently forced upon the Highest Center of Consciousness (the head). When Pilate presents the Will ("Behold the man"), the unawakened Ego (the chief priests) commits its final, fatal act of Spiritual treason. By declaring "We have no king but Caesar," the rigid Orthodox Intellect permanently binds itself to the heavy, tyrannical Laws of the material matrix, completely severing its own connection to the Superconscious Source and demanding the total destruction of the Christos frequency.

 

 

Verses 17-24: Golgotha and the Seamless Garment - "And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him... Then the soldiers... took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout." 

The crucifixion occurs at Golgotha, "the place of a skull." Esoterically, the Ultimate Alchemical Transmutation must take place at the Absolute Center of the Intellect—within the structural brain of the Microcosm. The Sovereign Will is nailed to the cross, symbolizing the binding of Pure Spirit to the Four dense elements of matter (the four points of the cross). The lower analytical faculties (the soldiers) divide the outer garments into Four parts, representing the scattering of the Will's temporary earthly protections among the material elements. However, they cannot tear the Inner coat. This seamless garment, woven from the top down, is the Unified, Indivisible Fabric of Divine Truth descending from the Superconscious. It cannot be fragmented by the lower Mind; it remains entirely whole, even in the midst of physical dissolution.

 

 

Verses 25-30: The Supreme Synthesis and the Consummatum Est - "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!... Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." 

From the extreme density of the cross, the Sovereign Will executes its final act of Internal structuring. It permanently bonds Mary (the fully Purified Receptive Subconscious) to John (the Highest Faculty of Intuitive, Divine Love). This creates an unbreakable, self-sustaining Spiritual Circuit within the Psyche that will survive the impending Ego-death. Following this synthesis, the Will accepts the vinegar—absorbing the absolute last drop of bitter earthly Karma and material experience. The Will then issues the Ultimate Alchemical decree: "It is finished" (Consummatum Est). The Great Work of localized Transmutation is Perfectly Complete. The Sovereign Will intentionally bows its head, voluntarily releasing its localized energetic hold, and returns the Pure Spirit back to the Universal Source.

 

 

Verses 31-37: The Pierced Side and the Release of the Vital Elements - "But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water." 

The rigid Orthodox Intellect demands the bodies be removed before the Sabbath, instructing the soldiers to break their legs (destroying the foundational earthly support of the lower faculties, represented by the thieves). Because the Sovereign Will has already independently released its Spirit, its legs are left unbroken—confirming that the structural foundation of the Divine Truth cannot be shattered by earthly force. Instead, the side is pierced, releasing both blood (the fiery, active Spiritual Vitality) and water (the pure, passive Astral fluid). This final outpouring ensures that the Highest Transmutational energies flow directly into the lowest, most dense regions of the physical plane, completely saturating the Microcosm.

 

 

Verses 38-42: The New Sepulchre and the Resting of the Vessel - "And after this Joseph of Arimathaea... and there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night... Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid." 

In the aftermath of the Ego-death, the Hidden, Highest Echelons of the Orthodox Intellect (Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus) finally emerge into the Light. They have been completely converted by the Alchemical process. They take the physical vessel—now completely emptied of the localized Will—and prepare it with massive quantities of preserving spices (myrrh and aloes). They lay the vessel in a "new sepulchre" within a garden. This represents a freshly cultivated, Entirely Pure State of the Subconscious Mind, completely devoid of any previous Karmic decay or old Egoic attachments ("wherein was never man yet laid"). Here, the Microcosm rests in Absolute Stillness, awaiting the final Energetic Spark of the Resurrection.