Matthew 27:57-66

New American Standard Bible

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷^(A)Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(B)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹And ^(C)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(D)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(E)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(F)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(G)the guard, ^(H)sealing ^(I)the stone.

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John 19:31-42

New American Standard Bible

Care of the Body of Jesus

³¹Now then, since it was ^(A)the day of preparation, to prevent ^(B)the bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath (^[a]for that Sabbath was a ^(C)high day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away. ³²So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was ^(D)crucified with Him; ³³but after they came to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴Yet one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^(E)blood and water came out. ³⁵And he who has seen has ^(F)testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶For these things took place ^(G)so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “^(H)Not a bone of Him shall be ^[b]broken.” ³⁷And again another Scripture says, “^(I)They will look at Him whom they pierced.”

³⁸Now ^(J)after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a ^(K)secret one for ^(L)fear of the ^[c]Jews, requested of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. ³⁹^(M)Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^(N)bringing a ^[d]mixture of ^(O)myrrh and aloes, about a ^[e]^(P)hundred litras weight. ⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and ^(Q)bound it in ^(R)linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. ⁴¹Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a ^(S)new tomb ^(T)in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴²Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^(U)preparation, since the tomb was ^(V)nearby, they laid Jesus there.