45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46aThen he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary themother of Joses observed where He was laid.
Mark 15:42-47 When the even was come. See notes on Matthew 27:57-61 for the Burial of Jesus. Compare Luke 23:50-56 Joh 19:36-42. Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, who obtained the body of Jesus and placed it in Joseph's new-made tomb, were both members of the Jewish Sanhedrin. Nicodemus had come to Jesus by night (John 3:1) and had vainly opposed the animosity of the Sanhedrin (John 7:50-53).
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