Jesus’s Burial
38 After 19:38–42 Mt 27:57–60; Mk 15:42–46; Lk 23:50–54 this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus — but secretly because of his fear of the Jews — asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’s body. 19:38 Lk 12:4; Jn 2:21 Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away. 39 Nicodemus 19:39 Jn 3:1–9; 7:50 (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds 19:39 Lit a hundred litrai; a Roman litrai = 12 ounces of myrrh and aloes. 40 They took Jesus’s body 19:40 Jn 2:21; 19:40 and wrapped it in linen cloths 19:40 Jn 20:5 with the fragrant spices, according to the burial 19:40 Mk 14:8 custom of the Jews. 41 There was a garden in the place where he was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it. 42 They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.