50. Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council. He was a good and righteous man.
51. He hadn’t agreed with the plan and actions of the council. He was from the Jewish city of Arimathea and eagerly anticipated God’s kingdom.
52. This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
53. Taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb carved out of the rock, in which no one had ever been buried.