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John 19:38 KJV
John · chapter 19 · verse 38 · King James Version
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, 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.John 19:38 · King James Version
John 19:38 in context
36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, 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.
39And 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.
40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Key words (Strong's)
- ArimathaeaharimathaiaArimathaea = " heights" , the name of several cities in Palestine The one…G707 →
- disciplemathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- secretlykryptōto hide, conceal, to be hid, escape notice, metaph. to concealG2928 →
- besoughterōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- JosephiōsēphJoseph = " let him add" , the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob, the son of…G2501 →
- PilatepilatosPilate = "armed with a spear", the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who…G4091 →
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