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34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
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Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
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The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
36 For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."
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These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
37 And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
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and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”
38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
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Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.
39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.
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He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
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Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
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 yet been laid.
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At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.
42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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