John 19:28–42

²⁸After this, Jesus, ⁵knowing that all things were now accomplished, ^zthat the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” ²⁹Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and ^athey filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. ³⁰So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, ^b“It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

^31cTherefore, because it was the Preparation Day, ^dthat the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a ^ehigh day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. ³²Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. ³³But when they came to Jesus and 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 ^fblood and water came out. ³⁵And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is ^gtrue; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may ^hbelieve. ³⁶For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, ⁱ“Not one of His bones shall be broken.” ³⁷And again another Scripture says, ^j“They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

The Burial of Christ

Matt. 27:57–60; Mark 15:42–46; Luke 23:50–54

^38kAfter this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, ^lfor fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. ³⁹And ^mNicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of ⁿmyrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰Then they took the body of Jesus, and ^obound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. ⁴¹Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴²So ^pthere they laid Jesus, ^qbecause of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.