Jesus Is Buried
42 1And when evening had come, since it was
2the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathea,
3a respected member of the Council, who
4was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning
5the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
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And when he learned from
6the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
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And Joseph bought
7a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and
8laid him in a tomb
9that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled
10a stone against the entrance of the tomb.