48 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned beating their breasts.
49 All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood far away, watching these things.
50 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the kingdom of God:
52 this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus` body.
53 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no man had ever yet lain.
54 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was coming on.