49. But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
50. Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
51. who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.
52. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body.
53. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.