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The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;
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but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,
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but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
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And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.
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For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken.
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And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.
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And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].
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They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.
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But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
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There therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.