And after these things, when even was come, there came a rich man from
Arimathæa, named Joseph, a councillor of honorable estate, a disciple
of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews; and he boldly went in
unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if
he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him
whether he had been any while dead. And when he learned it of the
centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
He came therefore, and took away his body. And there came also
Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a
mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. So they took the
body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the
custom of the Jews is to bury.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden: and in the
garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. There then because
of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand), they laid
Jesus; and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus beheld the tomb, and
how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments.