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Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate for Jesus’s body.
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Mark 15:43

Joseph Asks for the Body

The Cross and the Tomb · Mark 15

Story guide: Joseph of Arimathea goes boldly before Pilate and asks for Jesus’s body, waiting himself for the kingdom of God.

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43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Jewish council who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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