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But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
The Burial of Jesus
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
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who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.
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Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body.
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Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.
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It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
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The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
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Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.