51. And at once the curtain of the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split. [Exod. 26:31-35.]
52. The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life];
53. And coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54. When the centurion and those who were with him keeping watch over Jesus observed the earthquake and all that was happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, Truly this was God's Son!
55. There were also numerous women there, looking on from a distance, who were of those who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him.
56. Among them were Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
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, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
59. And Joseph took the body and rolled it up in a clean linen cloth used for swathing dead bodies