(23)Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. And the coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout. (24)They said therefore to one another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says: They parted my garments among them. And for my vesture they cast lots. These things the soldiers did. (25)And there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. (26)Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman, behold thy son! (27)Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (28)After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst. (29)Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they, having filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a hyssop-stalk, bore it to his mouth. (30)When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. (31)The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath day was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away. (32)The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. (33)But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they broke not his legs. (34)But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water. (35)And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe. (36)For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. (37)And again another scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced. (38)And after this, Joseph from 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 away the body of Jesus. (39)And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. (40)They took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial. (41)And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid. (42)There they laid Jesus therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand. XX.