Jesus, the Christ: Taken Down from the Cross and Buried (Just Outside Jerusalem)

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus. …

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), …

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man, …

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed. …