35The one who saw this has given this evidence, and his evidence is true. He's certain that what he says is true so you can believe it too.
36It happened like this so Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
37and as another Scripture says, “They will look at the one they pierced.”
38After this Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take down the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave his permission. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because he feared the Jews. So Joseph came and took the body away.
39He was joined by Nicodemus, the man who had first visited Jesus at night. He brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.
40They took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloth together with the mixture of spices, in accordance with Jewish burial customs. There was a garden near where Jesus was crucified;