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The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
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After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many.
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Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"
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Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him.
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.
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He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
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So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
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and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away.
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Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
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The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate