John 19:38-42

Jesus Is Buried

38 ¹After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ²for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

39 ³Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus^[a] by night, came ⁴bringing a mixture of ⁵myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds^[b] in weight.

40 So they took the body of Jesus and ⁶bound it in ⁷linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ⁸garden, and ⁹in the garden a new tomb ¹⁰in which no one had yet been laid.

42 So because of the Jewish ¹¹day of Preparation, ¹²since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.