Joh 19:31-42 | ESV | STEP | Since it was the day of Preparation , and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath ( for that Sabbath was a high day ), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away .

John 19:31-42

Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was ^athe day of Preparation, and ^bso that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^ca high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other ^dwho had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out ^eblood and water. 35 ^fHe who saw it has borne witness— ^ghis testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth— ^hthat you also may believe. 36 ⁱFor these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: ^j“Not one of his bones ^kwill be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, ^l“They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

Jesus Is Buried

38 ^mAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ⁿfor 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 away his body. 39 ^oNicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus ^{▼▼Greek him} by night, came ^qbringing a mixture of ^rmyrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds ^{▼▼Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams} in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and ^tbound it in ^ulinen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ^vgarden, and ^win the garden a new tomb ^xin which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish ^yday of Preparation, ^zsince the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.