Where a verse leads
John 19:38: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“And 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.”John 19:38
John 19:38 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
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36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. 38 And 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. 39 And 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. 40 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.
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What does John 19:38 mean?
John 19:38 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is John 19:38 in the Bible?
John 19:38 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does John 19:38 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens John 19:38 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.