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Yosef took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen sheet,
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and laid it in his own tomb, which he had recently had cut out of the rock. After rolling a large stone in front of the entrance to the tomb, he went away.
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Miryam of Magdala and the other Miryam stayed there, sitting opposite the grave.
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Next day, after the preparation, the head cohanim and the P'rushim went together to Pilate
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and said, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was still alive, `After three days I will be raised.'
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Therefore, order that the grave be made secure till the third day; otherwise the talmidim may come, steal him away and say to the people, `He was raised from the dead'; and the last deception will be worse than the first."
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Pilate said to them, "You may have your guard. Go and make the grave as secure as you know how."
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So they went and made the grave secure by sealing the stone and putting the guard on watch.