“He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.”
Matthew 27:58 (KJV) |
Matthew 27:58
From Matthew 27, in the Book of Matthew (New Testament).
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Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
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When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
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He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
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And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.