The Tomb of Jesus — Page 19
19. V. When a spear was thrust into Jesus' side blood and water came out:. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 21. Blood never comes out of a dead body. The oozing of blood is a sure indication and a conclusive proof of the fact that Jesus was still alive. H. Spencer Lewis says: "The storm soon broke and delayed the removal of the body of Jesus for a few hours, but in that time food was given Him, and support was placed under His body to prevent it from pulling too greatly upon the nails which tortured His flesh. The new faithful ones noted with great anxiety that a sombre stillness and a numbness was passing over the body, and that gradually. Jesus lost consciousness. At the earliest possible moment, when the storm quieted, torches were brought and an examination of the body revealed that Jesus was not dead. The blood flowing from the wounds proved that the body was not lifeless, and so the cross was immediately taken down and his body removed from it. The body was taken to a burial vault owned by Yousef of Arimathaea, which had been built for the care of his family; 21. John XIX: 34.