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This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
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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 out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
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Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
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Now on the next day, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
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saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
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Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen 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. Go, make it as secure as you can."
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So they went, and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.