Mary looked down upon the pale, blood-spotted face of Jesus, and then sighing heavily she said, "O, my Son, how is thy body covered with wounds!"
"Mother," said John, "from these wounds flowed salvation and blessing for mankind."
"See, mother," said the Magdalene, who stood on her right hand, "how the peace of heaven rests in death upon his face."
Then said Nicodemus who had brought some ointment, "Let us anoint him and then wrap him in this new linen." He then poured the ointment into all the wounds on the body of Jesus.
"He shall be laid," said Joseph of Arimathea, "in my new grave which I have prepared in the rock in my garden."
But before they could wrap him in the winding sheets, Salome came near, and kneeling, raised to her lips the pierced left hand of Jesus saying, "O, best of Masters! One more loving tear upon thy lifeless body."
Then came the Magdalene on the right hand, and kneeling down, stooped low and kissed the right hand, saying, "O, let me once more kiss the hand which has so often blessed me."
Then said John, "We shall see him again."
"Help me," said Joseph to Nicodemus, "to bear him into the garden."
"Blessed am I," said Nicodemus, "that I may lay to rest the remains of him who was sent from God." Then taking up the body they bore it away.