49. The rest said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50. And Jesus, when He had cried out again with a loud voice, released His spirit.
51. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom. And the ground shook, and the rocks split apart.
52. The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,
53. and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.
54. When the centurion and those with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they feared greatly and said, “Truly He was the Son of God!”
55. Many women who were there watching from afar followed Jesus from Galilee, serving Him,
56. among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
57. When the evening came, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
58. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
59. When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,