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Matthew 27:57-63 English Standard Version (ESV)

57. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.

58. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

59. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud

60. and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

61. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

62. The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

63. and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’

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