The Death of Jesus
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now
1finished, said (
2to fulfill the Scripture),
3"I thirst."
29
A jar full of sour wine stood there,
4so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
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When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said,
5"It is finished," and he bowed his head and
6gave up his spirit.
Jesus' Side Is Pierced
31 Since it was
7the day of Preparation, and
8so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was
9a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
32
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other
10who had been crucified with him.
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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 at once there came out
11blood and water.
35
12He who saw it has borne witness--
13his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth--
14that you also may believe.
36
15For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled:
16"Not one of his bones
17will be broken."
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And again another Scripture says,
18"They will look on him whom they have pierced."
Jesus Is Buried
38 19After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly
20for 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
21Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came
22bringing a mixture of
23myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
40
So they took the body of Jesus and
24bound it in
25linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
41
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a
26garden, and
27in the garden a new tomb
28in which no one had yet been laid.
42
So because of the Jewish
29day of Preparation,
30since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.