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John 19:40

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Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

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  1. John 19:38

    And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

  2. John 19:39

    And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

  3. John 19:41

    Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

  4. John 19:42

    There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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