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37 and again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.”[a]

The Burial of Jesus(A)

38 After this, 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. Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away His body. 39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about seventy-five pounds.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:37 Zec 12:10.
  2. John 19:39 Gk. a hundred litrai or 34 kilograms.