A moment in scripture
Matthew 27:58
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He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 27:56
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
- Matthew 27:57
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
- Matthew 27:59
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
- Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.