Nicodemus at the end

38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.^e 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. (John 19:39,40)

Thoughts: Nicodemus shows up at the end to bury Jesus.  Joseph of Armiathea helped but he did so secretly.  They had mercy on Jesus and were not embarrassed to invest in his burial.   Isaiah 53, the passage about the Messiah as suffering servant, says in verse 9 that he was given a tomb with the rich.  In the end, Nicodemus came out as a follower of Jesus.  

Prayer: In the end, let me be found faithful to you.  

Cavarragio- the Burial of Jesus