John 19:28–42

THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS

²⁸After^m this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finishedⁿ that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I’m thirsty.”^{o 29}A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch^p and held it up to his mouth.

³⁰When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.”^q Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.^r

JESUS’S SIDE PIERCED

³¹Since it was the preparation day,^s the Jews did not want the bodies^t to remain on the cross^u on the Sabbath^v (for that Sabbath was a special^A day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.^{w 32}So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him. ³³When they came to Jesus, they did not break his legs since they saw that he was already dead.^{x 34}But one of the soldiers pierced^y his side^z with a spear, and at once blood and water^aa came out. ³⁵He who saw this has testified^ab so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.^{ac 36}For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled:^ad Not one of his bones will be broken.^{Bae 37}Also, another Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.^Caf

JESUS’S BURIAL

³⁸After^ag this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’s body.^ah Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away. ³⁹Nicodemus^ai (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds^D of myrrh and aloes. ⁴⁰They took Jesus’s body^aj and wrapped it in linen cloths^ak with the fragrant spices, according to the burial^al custom of the Jews. ⁴¹There was a garden in the place where he was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it. ⁴²They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.