48. And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, when they saw the things that had happened, returned home beating their breasts.
49. And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these things, stood at a distance.
50. And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
51. (this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, a Judean town, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.
52. This man approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53. And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.
54. And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.