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Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
How Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus met.
Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple, obtained the body of Jesus from Pilate, and Nicodemus brought myrrh and aloes. Together they wound it in linen.
Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews
John 19:38, King James Version
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes
John 19:39, King James Version
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes
John 19:40, King James Version
Where they cross: John 19:38-40
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 19:38-40
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.
King James Version