John 19:38
And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was 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 leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
37And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:25He that feareth man, shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.
Mark 15:42And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)
John 7:13Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
John 12:42However, many of the chief men also believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, that they might not be cast out of the synagogue.
Matthew Henry on John 19:32-38
The Crucifixion. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side,… Read the whole commentary →