40. There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph, and Salome.
41. They also had followed Him and had ministered to Him when He was in Galilee. And many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem were there.
42. When the evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43. Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the Council, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus.
44. Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling for the centurion, he asked him whether He had been dead for a while.
45. When he learned about it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46. So he bought fine linen, and taking Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where He was laid.