23 ⁵⁰ Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of so the Council, a good, upright man, 23 ⁵¹ who had dissented from their policy and the action they had taken. He came from the Judaean town of Arimathaea, and he was one who looked forward to the kingdom of God. 23 ⁵² This man now approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 23 ⁵³ Taking it down from the cross, he wrapped it in a linen sheet, and laid it in a tomb cut out of the rock, in which no one had been laid before. 23 ⁵⁴ It was Friday, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
23 ⁵⁵ The women who had accompanied him from Galilee followed; they took note of the tomb and observed how his body was laid. 23 ⁵⁶ Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the commandment.