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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch46" data-usfm="PSA.46">
         <div class="label">46</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 46</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">alamoth.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God is our refuge and strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"><span class="content">an ever-present help in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.46.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"><span class="content">and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.46.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">though its waters roar and foam</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"><span class="content">and the mountains quake with their surging.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">46:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.46.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"><span class="content">the holy place where the Most High dwells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.46.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God is within her, she will not fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"><span class="content">God will help her at break of day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.46.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"><span class="content">he lifts his voice, the earth melts.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.46.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.46.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come and see what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"><span class="content">the desolations he has brought on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.46.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He makes wars cease</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"><span class="content">he burns the shields</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">46:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">chariots</span></span></span><span class="content"> with fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.46.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He says, &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"><span class="content">I will be exalted in the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.46.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.46.11"><span class="content">the God of Jacob is our fortress.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and went up to him again and again, saying, &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221; And they slapped him in the face.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.19.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, &#8220;Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, &#8220;Here is the man!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.19.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, &#8220;Crucify! Crucify!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"><span class="content">But Pilate answered, &#8220;You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The Jewish leaders insisted, &#8220;We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.19.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and he went back inside the palace. &#8220;Where do you come from?&#8221; he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you refuse to speak to me?&#8221; Pilate said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.19.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.19.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, &#8220;If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.19.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge&#8217;s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your king,&#8221; Pilate said to the Jews.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.19.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But they shouted, &#8220;Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Shall I crucify your king?&#8221; Pilate asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"><span class="content">&#8220;We have no king but Caesar,&#8221; the chief priests answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.19.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.19.16"><span class="content">So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There they crucified him, and with him two others&#8212;one on each side and Jesus in the middle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.19.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, &#8220;Do not write &#8216;The King of the Jews,&#8217; but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.19.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Pilate answered, &#8220;What I have written, I have written.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.19.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.19.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let&#8217;s not tear it,&#8221; they said to one another. &#8220;Let&#8217;s decide by lot who will get it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">&#8220;They divided my clothes among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">and cast lots for my garment.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.22.18">Psalm 22:18</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"><span class="content">So this is what the soldiers did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.19.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother&#8217;s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Woman,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Woman </span><span class="ft">does not denote any disrespect.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">here is your son,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">and to the disciple, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your mother.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.19.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am thirsty.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus&#8217; lips. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">When he had received the drink, Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is finished.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.19.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.19.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.19.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.19.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.19.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus&#8217; side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.19.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.19.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: &#8220;Not one of his bones will be broken,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:36 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="EXO.12.46">Exodus 12:46</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="NUM.9.12">Num. 9:12</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="PSA.34.20">Psalm 34:20</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">and, as another scripture says, &#8220;They will look on the one they have pierced.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:37 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ZEC.12.10">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.19.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.19.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate&#8217;s permission, he came and took the body away. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.19.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:39 </span><span class="ft">Or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.19.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Taking Jesus&#8217; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.19.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.19.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.</span></span></div>
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