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Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorifed God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man!"
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And all the people who came together to that sight, beholding the things which had been done, smote their breasts and returned.
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And all His acquaintances and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things.
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And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, and he was a good man and a just.
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(The same had not consented to their counsel and deed.) He was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself also waited for the Kingdom of God.
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This man went unto Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.
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And he took it down and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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And that day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.
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And the women also, who came with Him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher and how His body was laid.
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And they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.