SCRIPTURE
Mark 15:42-47
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- 15:42
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
- 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.
- 15:44
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
- 15:45
When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
- 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.
- 15:47
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
