52. This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
53. Taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb carved out of the rock, in which no one had ever been buried.
54. It was the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, and the Sabbath was quickly approaching.
55. The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph. They saw the tomb and how Jesus’ body was laid in it,
56. then they went away and prepared fragrant spices and perfumed oils. They rested on the Sabbath, in keeping with the commandment.