50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor ; and he was a good man and a just :
51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them ;) he teas of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews : who also himself waited for the king- dom of God.
52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
53 And he took it down, and wrap-
ped itin linen, and laid itinasepulchTe I mandment.
that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
54 And that day was the {Mnepara- tion, and the sabbath drew on.
55 And the women alao« which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments ; and rested the sabbath day according to the com-