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For all this took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled which declares, "Not one of His bones shall be broken."
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And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they have pierced."
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After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a secret disciple, asked Pilate's permission to carry away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and removed the body.
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Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.
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Taking down the body they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish mode of preparing for burial.
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There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.
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Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation for the Jewish Passover, and the tomb was close at hand, they put Jesus there.