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Jesus' body (and those of the other two men who were hanged along with Him) had to be taken off the cross according to Jewish law. In Deuteronomy 21:22 & 23 it says,

22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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