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 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately came out.

35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe,

36 because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: |None of his bones will be broken.|

37 In addition, another passage of Scripture says, |They will look on the one whom they pierced.|

38 Later on, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, and he came and removed his body.

39 Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 litra.

40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

41 A garden was located in the place where he was crucified, and in that garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed.

42 Because it was the Jewish Preparation Day, and because the tomb was nearby, they put Jesus there.