John 19:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

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  • Matt 27:57-61 : 57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus: 58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen, 60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away. 61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long. 45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body. 46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
  • Luke 23:50-56 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man 51 (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God: 52 This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it. 54 Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on. 55 And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest; 56 And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.
  • John 7:13 : 13 But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.
  • John 9:22 : 22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.
  • John 12:42 : 42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
  • Phil 1:14 : 14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

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  • Mark 15:42-47
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    42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

    43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

    45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

    46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

    47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

  • Matt 27:57-60
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    57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:

    58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

    59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

    60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

  • Luke 23:50-55
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    50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

    51 (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

    52 This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    53 And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

    54 Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

    55 And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

  • John 19:39-42
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    39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

    40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

    41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

    42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • John 19:31-32
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    31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32 So the men of the army came, and the legs of the first were broken and then of the other who was put to death on the cross with Jesus:

  • Mark 6:29
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    29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

  • John 19:37
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    37 And again another verse says, They will see him who was wounded by their spears.

  • Acts 13:28-29
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    28 And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • Matt 27:62-64
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    62 Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

    63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

    64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

  • Matt 28:13-14
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    13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

    14 And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.

  • John 19:16
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    16 So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;

  • John 19:19-21
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    19 And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20 The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

    21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

  • John 20:15
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    15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • John 20:1-3
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    70%

    1 Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

    2 Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.

    3 So Peter and the other disciple went out to the place of the dead.

  • John 19:1
    69%

    1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.

  • Mark 15:1
    69%

    1 And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

  • John 20:9
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    9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

  • Mark 14:51-52
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    51 And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him;

    52 But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.

  • John 11:57
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    57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.

  • John 18:31
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    31 Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.

  • John 19:27
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    27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

  • John 20:13
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    13 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

  • John 19:24
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    24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.