John 19:29-42 ▼

29 A vessel had been set there, full of sour wine; therefore, having put on a stalk of hyssop a sponge filled with sour wine, they brought it to the mouth.

30 Therefore when Jesus took the sour wine, He said, “It has been finished.” And having bowed the head, He yielded up the spirit.

31 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath—for that Sabbath was a high day—asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

32 So the soldiers came, and indeed they broke the legs of the first, and of the other one having been crucified with Him.

33 But having come to Jesus, when they saw Him already having been dead, they did not break His legs.

34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately.

35 And the one having seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you? also might believe.

36 For these things took place so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one bone of Him will be broken.”

37 And again, another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they pierced.”

38 And after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus (but concealed because of the fear of the Jews) asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. Therefore he came and took away His body.

39 And Nicodemus, the one having come to Him by night at the first, also came bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred litras.

40 Therefore they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom among the Jews to prepare for burial.

41 Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet having been laid.

42 Therefore because of the Preparation of the Jews and since the tomb was near, they laid Jesus there.