John 19:26-42 ▼

26 when Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, woman, behold thy son.

27 then he said to the disciple, behold thy mother, and from that time the disciple took her to his own home.

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

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

30 when Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished: and bowing his head, he expir'd.

31 Now for fear the bodies should remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, for it was then the eve of the pascal-sabbath, a day of high solemnity, the Jews desired Pilate that their legs might be broke, and that they might be taken away.

32 accordingly the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.

33 then they came to Jesus, and finding that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

34 but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately blood and water issued out.

35 he that relates this, was an eye-witness of it, and his relation is true: and he is so assured, what he says is true, that you may rely upon it.

36 for these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, "a bone of him shall not be broken."

37 and again the scripture saith elsewhere, "they shall look on him whom they pierced."

38 after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a conceal'd one, pray'd Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave: so he went and took the body of Jesus.

39 Nicodemus, who formerly went to Jesus by night, came likewise and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

40 they took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, according to the manner of burial among the Jews.

41 now near the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which no body had ever yet been laid.

42 as this sepulchre was nigh at hand, they laid Jesus therein, because the time of the preparation of the Jews was expiring.