John 19:31-40

³¹Therefore the Jews, since it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

³²Then the soldiers came and they broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was crucified with Him.

³³But having come 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 blood and water came out.

³⁵And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, so that you may believe.

³⁶For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not a bone of His shall be broken.”

³⁷And again another Scripture says, “They shall look at Him whom they pierced.”

³⁸After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for 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 the body of Jesus.

³⁹And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

⁴⁰Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen strips with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.