35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is atrue; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may bbelieve.
36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, a“Not one of His bones shall be broken.”
37 And again another Scripture says, a“They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
38aAfter this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, bfor 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.
39 And aNicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of bmyrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
They shall look on him whom they have pierced - He was pierced by the soldier's spear. They who have occasioned his sufferings by their sins (and who has not?) shall either look upon him in this world with penitential sorrow: or with terror, when he cometh in the clouds of heaven, Revelation 1:7. Zechariah 12:10.
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