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Andmanywomenweretherebeholding afar off*, whichfollowedJesusfromGalilee,ministering unto him:
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AmongwhichwasMaryMagdalene,andMary the mother of JamesandJoses,and the mother of Zebedee'schildren.
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When the even was come , there came a richmanofArimathaea,namedJoseph,whoalsohimselfwasJesus'disciple :
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Hewent to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.ThenPilatecommanded the body to be delivered .
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And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrappedit in a clean linen cloth,
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Andlaiditin his ownnewtomb,which he had hewn outin the rock:and he rolled a greatstone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed .
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AndtherewasMaryMagdalene,and the otherMary,sitting over against the sepulchre.
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Now the next day,thatfollowed* the day of the preparation, the chief priestsandPharisees came togetheruntoPilate,
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Saying , Sir, we rememberthatthatdeceiversaid , while he was yetalive , Afterthreedays I will rise again .
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Commandtherefore that the sepulchre be made sureuntil the thirdday,lesthisdisciplescome by night, and stealhimaway , andsay unto the people, He is risenfrom the dead:so the lasterror shall be worse than the first.
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Pilatesaid unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way , make it as sureas ye can .