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This man approached Pilate [and] asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered [it] to be given [to him].
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And Joseph took the body [and] wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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and placed it in his [own] new tomb that he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the entrance of the tomb [and] went away.
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Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
The Tomb Is Sealed and Guarded
62 Now [on] the next day, which is after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,
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saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'
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Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come [and] steal him and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
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Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make [it] as secure as you know how."
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So they went with the guard of soldiers [and] made the tomb secure [by] sealing the stone.