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They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
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The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
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And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance.
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
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As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus,
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went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him.
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Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth.
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He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
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Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and watching.
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The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.
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They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’