Burial of Jesus

57It was now evening and there arrived a wealthy man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and the governor ordered that the body be given him. 59So Joseph took the body of Jesus, wrapped it in a clean linen sheet 60and laid it in his own new tomb which had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance of the tomb and left.
62On the following day (the day after the Preparation for the Passover), the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate 63and said to him: 
—Sir, we remember that when that impostor was still alive, he said: I will rise after three days. 64Therefore, have his tomb secured until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal the body and say to the people: He was raised from the dead. This would be a worse lie than the first. 
65Pilate answered them: 
—You have soldiers, go and take all the necessary precautions. 
66So they went to the tomb and secured it, sealing the stone and placing it under guard.

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