SCRIPTURE

Mark 15:42-47

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  1. 15:42

    Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

  2. 15:43

    Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

  3. 15:44

    Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

  4. 15:45

    When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

  5. 15:46

    So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

  6. 15:47

    Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.

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