John 19:31-42

31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.
32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.
33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
35 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 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[a]
37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[b]

The Burial of Jesus

38 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 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.[c]
40 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 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 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Cross References 16

  • 1. ver 14,42
  • 2. Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 8:29; Joshua 10:26,27
  • 3. ver 18
  • 4. Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7
  • 5. 1 John 5:6,8
  • 6. S Luke 24:48
  • 7. John 15:27; John 21:24
  • 8. ver 24,28,37; S Matthew 1:22
  • 9. Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalms 34:20
  • 10. Zechariah 12:10; Revelation 1:7
  • 11. S John 7:13
  • 12. John 3:1; John 7:50
  • 13. Luke 24:12; John 11:44; John 20:5,7
  • 14. Matthew 26:12
  • 15. ver 14,31
  • 16. ver 20,41

Footnotes 3

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