⁴¹ They and many other Galilean women who were his followers had ministered to him when he was up in Galilee, and had come with him to Jerusalem.

^42-43 This all happened the day before the Sabbath. Late that afternoon Joseph from Arimathea, an honored member of the Jewish Supreme Court (who personally was eagerly expecting the arrival of God’s Kingdom), gathered his courage and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.