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Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.