The Burial of Jesus

50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who was a member of the council 51 but had not consented to their decision and action. He was from Arimathea, a town of the Jews, and was [fn]himself also waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn in a rock, where no one had ever been laid. 54 It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was approaching. 55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.