World English Bible
Matthew 27:58
“This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
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This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
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Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
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