Luke 23:50–54

THE BURIAL OF JESUS

50 Therew was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, 51 who had not agreed with their planx and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.y 52 He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. 53 Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.K,z 54 It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.L