John 19:33-42 ▼

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs:

34 but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear; and immediately there came out blood and water.

35 And he that saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you may believe;

36 for these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again another scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

38 And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave him permission. He then came and took away the body of Jesus.

39 Then came Nicodemus also, (who, at the first, had come to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying.

41 Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

42 There, then, on account of the preparation-day of the Jews, they laid Jesus, for the tomb was near.