50. Now there was a virtuous and righteous man named Joseph who, though he was a member of the council,
51. had not consented to their plan of action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea and was awaiting the kingdom of God.
52. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53. After he had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb in which no one had yet been buried.
54. It was the day of preparation, and the sabbath was about to begin.