When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

Even my friends laugh at me now; they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless; but there was a time when God answered my prayers.

I watch how bitterly everyone mocks me.

All who see me make fun of me; they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.

We despised him and rejected him; he endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at him--- we ignored him as if he were nothing.

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead. He called the army officer and asked him if Jesus had been dead a long time.

After hearing the officer's report, Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.

"Take the stone away!" Jesus ordered. Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, "There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!"

But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they did not break his legs.

(The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.)