John 19:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

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  • Matt 27:57-61 : 57 Jesus’ Burial Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away. 61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
  • Luke 23:50-56 : 50 Jesus’ Burial Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man. 51 (He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried. 54 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning. 55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
  • John 7:13 : 13 However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.
  • John 9:22 : 22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • John 12:42 : 42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
  • Phil 1:14 : 14 and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set on high.

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  • Mark 15:42-47
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    42Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    44Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

    45When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

    46After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

  • Matt 27:57-60
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    85%

    57Jesus’ Burial Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

    58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

    59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

  • Luke 23:50-55
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    83%

    50Jesus’ Burial Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

    51(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

    54It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

    55The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

  • John 19:39-42
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    39Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

    40Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.

    41Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

    42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

  • John 19:31-32
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    31Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.

    32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

  • Mark 6:29
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    29When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

  • John 19:37
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    37And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”

  • Acts 13:28-29
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    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

  • Matt 27:62-64
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    62The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

    63and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’

    64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

  • Matt 28:13-14
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    13telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’

    14If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

  • John 19:16
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    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

  • John 19:19-21
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    19Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”

    20Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

  • John 20:15
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    15Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

  • John 20:1-3
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    1The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

    2So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

    3Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.

  • John 19:1
    69%

    1Pilate Tries to Release Jesus Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.

  • Mark 15:1
    69%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • John 20:9
    69%

    9(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

  • Mark 14:51-52
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    69%

    51A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

    52but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

  • John 11:57
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    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • John 18:31
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    31Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

  • John 19:27
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    27He then said to his disciple,“Look, here is your mother!” From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.

  • John 20:13
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    13They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

  • John 19:24
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    24So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.