The Death of Jesus, And His Side Pierced

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After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His mouth. When Jesus, therefore, had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.

The Jews, therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, for that sabbath day was a high day, they besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who were crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was dead already, they did not break His legs But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced Jesus’s side, and forthwith there came out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knows that he said is true, that you might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again, another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. John 19 vs 28-37.

And after this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came, therefore and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred-pound weight. Then they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is for burial. Now in the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden, there was a new sepulchre, wherein was never a man yet laid. There they laid Jesus, therefore, because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was near at hand. John 19 vs 38-42.