John 19:23–42

²³Then ^athe soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ^bfour parts, a part to every soldier and also the ¹tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven ²in one piece.

²⁴So they said to one another, “^aLet us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be”; ^bthis was to fulfill the Scripture: “They ^cdivided My outer garments among them, and for My clothing they cast ¹lots.”

²⁵Therefore the soldiers did these things.

^aBut standing by the cross of Jesus were ^bHis mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ^cMary Magdalene.

²⁶When Jesus then saw His mother, and ^athe disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “^bWoman, behold, your son!”

²⁷Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into ^ahis own household.

²⁸After this, Jesus, ^aknowing that all things had already been accomplished, ^bto fulfill the Scripture, said, “^cI am thirsty.”

²⁹A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^athey put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

³⁰Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “^aIt is finished!” And He bowed His head and ^bgave up His spirit.

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹Then the Jews, because it was ^athe day of preparation, so that ^bthe bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (¹for that Sabbath was a ^chigh day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

³²So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was ^acrucified with Him;

³³but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^ablood and water came out.

³⁵And he who has seen has ^atestified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

³⁶For these things came to pass ^ato fulfill the Scripture, “^bNot a bone of Him shall be ¹broken.”

³⁷And again another Scripture says, “^aThey shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

^38aAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a ^bsecret one for ^cfear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

^39aNicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^bbringing a ¹mixture of ^cmyrrh and aloes, about a ^dhundred ²pounds weight.

⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and ^abound it in ^blinen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

⁴¹Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a ^anew tomb ^bin which no one had yet been laid.

⁴²Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^apreparation, since the tomb was ^bnearby, they laid Jesus there.