Mark 15:40-47 ▼

40 Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.

41 They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.

42 It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,

43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

44 Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.

45 When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he let Joseph have the corpse.

46 Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

47 Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body had been laid.