50  And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just 51  (this man had not assented to their counsel and deed), of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also waited, himself also, for the kingdom of God 52  —he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus; 53  and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid. 54  And it was preparation day, and the sabbath twilight was coming on. 55  And women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed, saw the sepulchre and how his body was placed. 56  And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.

Chapter 24

1  But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared. 2  And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3  And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4  And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment. 5  And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead? 6  He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee, 7  saying, The Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise the third day. 8  And they remembered his words; 9  and, returning from the sepulchre, related all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10  Now it was Mary of Magdala, and Johanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles. 11  And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them. 12  But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.