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And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.
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Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:
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This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.
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And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,
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And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
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And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
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Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
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Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
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Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
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Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able.