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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.15.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.15.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.15.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.15.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus&#8217; side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: &#8220;Not one of his bones will be broken,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:36 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and, as another scripture says, &#8220;They will look on the one they have pierced.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:37 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:39 </span><span class="ft">Or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Taking Jesus&#8217; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.</span></span></div>
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