50. Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.
51. (He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.
52. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53. Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.