The J*ws were preparing for the sabbath-Passover, and asked that the men hanging on the crosses would have their legs broken so they would die quickly. When they went to brake the legs, they saw that Jesus had already died, so instead, they pierced his side, which was prophesied of him in the Old Testament, and his fluid poured out, and that very same blood is what covers our sins today.
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. John 19:34
Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a secret follower of Jesus for fear of the J*ws, went to Pilate and begged for Jesus’s body so that he might have a proper burial. Then he took his body and laid it in a new tomb in the garden which he had carved out of stone for himself. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (John 19:39b-40) They hurried because the day of preparation was getting close. Then they rolled a stone over the doorway of the tomb.
Today, contemplate all the things that were done so that you might have eternal life, honor him by thanking him for his sacrifice. Though we are unworthy of such a gift, he is worthy, and because of his blood our sins are forgiven and we are no longer expected to pay the price for those sins.
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