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The soldiers broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus.
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When the soldiers came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
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However, one of the soldiers stabbed Jesus' side with his spear, and blood and water immediately came out.
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The one who saw this is an eyewitness. What he says is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth so that you, too, will believe.
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This happened so that the Scripture would come true: "None of his bones will be broken."
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Another Scripture passage says, "They will look at the person whom they have stabbed."
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Later Joseph from the city of Arimathea asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body. (Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but secretly because he was afraid of the Jews). Pilate gave him permission to remove Jesus' body. So Joseph removed it.
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Nicodemus, the one who had first come to Jesus at night, went with Joseph and brought 75 pounds of a myrrh and aloe mixture.
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These two men took the body of Jesus and bound it with strips of linen. They laced the strips with spices. This was the Jewish custom for burial.
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A garden was located in the place where Jesus was crucified. In that garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed.
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Joseph and Nicodemus put Jesus in that tomb, since that day was the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.