36. Then someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a stick and was offering it to Yeshua to drink, saying, “Wait, let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
37. But letting out a loud cry, Yeshua breathed His last.
38. Then the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom.
39. When the centurion, who was standing in front of Him, saw the way Yeshua breathed His last, he said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”
40. There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Miriam from Magdala, Miriam the mother of Jacob the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
41. They would follow Him and serve Him when He was in the Galilee. Many other women who had gone up together with Him to Jerusalem were there also.
42. Now evening had already come. Since it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before Shabbat,
43. Joseph of Arimathea, a respected council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Yeshua’s body.
44. Pilate was surprised that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether Yeshua had been dead for long.
45. When Pilate learned this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46. Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47. Miriam from Magdala and Miriam the mother of Joses were watching where Yeshua’s body was placed.