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Mark 15
⁴² This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached,
⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was an honored member of the high council, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.)
⁴⁴ Pilate couldn’t believe that Jesus was already dead, so he called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet.
⁴⁵ The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.
⁴⁶ Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.
⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.
Mark 16
¹ Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body.
² Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
³ On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
⁴ But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.
⁵ When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked,