John 19:28–42

Jesus Dies on the Cross

²⁸After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and^* brought it^* to his mouth. ³⁰Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is completed,”^d and bowing his^* head, he gave up his^* spirit.

³¹Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away. ³²So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³But when they^* came to Jesus, after they saw he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately. ³⁵And the one who has seen it^* has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶For these things happened in order that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not a bone of his will be broken.”^{e 37}And again another scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”^f

Jesus Is Buried

³⁸And after these things, Joseph who was from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed it,^* so he came and took away his body. ³⁹And Nicodemus—the one who had come to him formerly at night—also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.^{g 40}So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth with the fragrant spices, as is the Jews’ custom to prepare for burial. ⁴¹Now there was a garden at the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet buried. ⁴²So there, on account of the day of preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they buried Jesus.