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56 Among these were Mary Magdalene,[a] Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

57 Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb.[b] When evening came, there arrived a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus. So Pilate ordered that it be handed over to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:56 Magdalene: “Of Magdala,” a place on the west side of Lake Tiberias, near Capernaum.
  2. Matthew 27:57 The story of the burial provided by a rich man certainly recalls Isaiah’s prophecy of the Servant (53:9 LXX). See also note on Mk 15:42-47.