48. And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts.
49. And all the acquaintances of [Jesus] and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood at a distance and watched these things.
50. Now notice, there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council (the Sanhedrin), and a good (upright, advantageous) man, and righteous (in right standing with God and man),
51. Who had not agreed with or assented to the purpose and action of the others; and he was expecting and waiting for the kingdom of God.
52. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53. Then he took it down and rolled it up in a linen cloth for swathing dead bodies and laid Him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.