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John 19
²⁹ A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
³⁰ When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.
³¹ It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was the Passover). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.
³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.
³³ But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs.
³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
³⁵ (This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also can believe.)
³⁶ These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
³⁷ and “They will look on the one they pierced.”
³⁸ Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away.
³⁹ With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.