John 19 is one of the hardest passages of scripture to read.  Pilate has Jesus beaten and scoured, and then gives the Jews another chance to change their mind.  But they don't, and Jesus is handed over to them.  He carries a heavy wooden cross up to the hill of Golgotha, and is hung on it on a cross between two others who are also condemned to die.  Christ gives his mother over to one of his disciples to care for her, and the dies. His body is taken to an unused tomb, in a garden, and prepared for burial as was customary at the time.