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John 19:39-40, Nicodemus Returns One Last Time
39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in...
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John 19:38, Joseph of Arimathea
38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might...
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John 19:34-37, Jesus' Side Is Pierced
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne...
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John 19:31-33, Jesus' Legs Not Broken
31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high...
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John 19:30, It Is Finished
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. By all accounts,...
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John 19:28-29, I Thirst
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood...
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John 19:24b-26, Mother and Son
24b So the soldiers did these things, 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister , Mary the wife of...
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John 19:23-24, Jesus' Tunic
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his...
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John 19:19-22, The Inscription of His Crime
19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” 20 Many of the Jews read...
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John 19:16b-18, The Crucifixion
16b So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called...