John 19:23-42 ▼

23 Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part: and also the coat: and the coat was unsewn through the whole, having been woven from above.

24 Then said they to one another, Let us not divide it, but let us draw lots for it, whose it shall be: that the writing might be completed, saying, They divided my garments to themselves, and upon my clothing cast they the lot. Then truly did the soldiers these things.

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

26 Jesus then having seen the mother, and the disciple standing near, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27 Then says he to the disciple, Behold thy mother And from that hour the disciple took her to his own.

28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were already completed, that the writing might be finished, says, I thirst.

29 Then was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, put upon hyssop, and brought near to his mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore took the vinegar, he said, It has been finished: and having bent the head, he delivered up the spirit.

31 Then the Jews, that the bodies remain not upon the cross in the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for great was the day of that sabbath,) asked Pilate that their legs be broken, and they be taken away.

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

33 And upon having come to Jesus, when they saw him already dead, they brake not his legs:

34 But one of the soldiers with a javelin pricked his side, and quickly came out blood and water.

35 And he having seen has testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he says true, that ye might believe.

36 For these were that the writing be completed, A bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another writing says, They shall look on whom they goaded.

38 And after these, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, in secret, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might takeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilate conceded. He came then, and took the body of Jesus.

39 And Nicodemus also came, he having come to Jesus at first by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds.

40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.

41 And in the place where he was crucified, was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was ever laid.

42 There, therefore, on account of the Jews' preparation, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.