31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and ^yso 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. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who 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 ^zblood and water. 35 He who saw it has ^aborne witness—^bhis testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—^cthat you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: ^d“Not one of his bones will be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, ^e“They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

38 ^fAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ^gfor 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 Nicodemus also, ^hwho earlier had come to Jesus¹ by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds² in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and ⁱbound it in ^jlinen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now 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. 42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.