In this closing passage of John 19:

• Jesus is already dead.
• Jewish leaders request a swift removal of bodies before the Sabbath.
• Joseph of Arimathea requests Jesus’ body from Pilate.
• Nicodemus joins him, bringing burial spices.
• Together they bury Jesus with honor and courage.

PROPHESY: Isaiah 53:9 — “His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet with a rich man in His death.”

Their Bold Action Gave Jesus an Honorable Royal Burial Jn 19:40

• No other Gospel records the care and cost involved in Jesus’ burial.
• The linen wrappings, the myrrh and aloes—equivalent to a royal burial.