48. And the entire crowd of those who came together to see this spectacle also saw what had happened, and they returned, striking their breasts.
49. Now all those who knew him, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance, watching these things.
50. And behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a councilman, a good and just man,
51. (for he had not consented to their decision or their actions). He was from Arimathea, a city of Judea. And he was himself also anticipating the kingdom of God.
52. This man approached Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.
53. And taking him down, he wrapped him in a fine linen cloth, and he placed him in a tomb hewn from rock, in which no one had ever been placed.