In reading these verses you can’t help but notice the use of the impersonal pronoun “it” in speaking about the body of Jesus.  It was no longer His body, for in verse 50 of this Chapter as He hung from that Cross, “When then Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His spirit.”   The Greek word for “gave up” literally means to permit, allow, or hand over.  Jesus was in complete control…even to the point of having total dominion and power over His time of death…He let His spirit pass, and the body that remained behind was just a empty shell.