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Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"
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There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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These used to follow him and provided for him when he was in Galilee; and there were many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
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When evening had come, and since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.