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And lo! a man, by name Joseph, being, a councillor, - a good and righteous man

(the same had not consented unto their plan and deed), - from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was awaiting the kingdom of God,

the same, going unto Pilate, claimed the body of Jesus.

And, taking it down, he wrapped it in a fine Indian cloth, and laid him in a tomb hewn in stone, - where no one as yet was lying.

And it was a day of preparation, and, a Sabbath, was about to dawn.

And the women, they who had come out of Galilee with him, following after, observed the tomb, and how his body was laid.

And, returning, they made ready spices and perfumes. And, on the Sabbath, indeed, they were quiet, according to the commandment;