Chiasm
John 19:16–23
John 19:16–233 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 16-17-18 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 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, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
- B 19a And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
- C 19b And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- D 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.
- C' 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.
- C 19b And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- B' 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
- B 19a And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
- A' 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.