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But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
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But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
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And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.
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For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, "Not one of His bones shall be broken."
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And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced."
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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; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.
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And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
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Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
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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.
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So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.