38

And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

39

And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

40

So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

41

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.

42

There then because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.