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The tombs were opened, and manybodies of the saints who had 1fallenasleep were raised;
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and coming out of the tombsafter His resurrection they entered2the holycity and appeared to many.
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3Now the centurion, and those who were with him 4keepingguardoverJesus, when they saw5the earthquake and the things that were happening, became veryfrightened and said, "Trulythis was 6the Son of God!"
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7Manywomen were therelooking on from a distance, who had followedJesus from Galilee while 8ministering to Him.
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Among them was 9MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and 10the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Jesus Is Buried
5711When it was evening, there came a richman from Arimathea, namedJoseph, whohimself had alsobecome a disciple of Jesus.
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Thismanwent to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ThenPilateordered it to be given to him.
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And Josephtook the body and wrapped it in a cleanlinencloth,
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and laid it in his own newtomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled12a largestone against the entrance of the tomb and wentaway.
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And 13MaryMagdalene was there, and the otherMary, sittingopposite the grave.
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Now on the nextday, the dayafter14the preparation, the chiefpriests and the Phariseesgatheredtogether with Pilate,