Luke 23:50-56

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Joseph Takes Jesus’ Body^(A)

⁵⁰ [^LAnd look/^Tbehold] There was a good and ·religious [righteous; just] man named Joseph who was a member of the council. ⁵¹ But he had not agreed to the other leaders’ plans and actions against Jesus. He was from the town of Arimathea [in Judea; or a town of the Jews] and was waiting for the kingdom of God to come. ⁵² Joseph went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ He took the body down from the cross, wrapped it in [linen] cloth, and put it in a tomb that was cut out of a wall of rock. ·This tomb had never been used before [^L…where no one had been laid; ^Cfamily tombs held multiple bodies, but this new one was empty]. ⁵⁴ This was late on Preparation Day, ·and when the sun went down, the Sabbath day would begin [^Land the Sabbath was beginning].

⁵⁵ The women who had come from Galilee with Jesus followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how Jesus’ body was laid. ⁵⁶ Then the women left to prepare spices and perfumes [^Cused to honor the dead and cover the stench of decay].

On the Sabbath day they rested, ·as the law of Moses commanded [^Laccording to the commandment].