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Κεφ. 19: 38-42

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠρώτησε τὸν Πιλᾶτον ὁ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ ᾿Αριμαθαίας, ὢν μαθητὴς τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ, κεκρυμμένος δὲ διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ· καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν ὁ Πιλᾶτος. Ἦλθεν οὖν καὶ ἦρε τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ. Ἦλθε δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος, ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον, φέρων μῖγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης, ὡσεὶ λίτρας ἑκατόν. Ἔλαβον οὖν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ, καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸ ἐν ὀθονίοις μετὰ τῶν ἀρωμάτων, καθὼς ἔθος ἐστὶ τοῖς ᾿Ιουδαίοις ἐνταφιάζειν. Ἦν δὲ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη, κῆπος, καὶ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μνημεῖον καινόν, ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς ἐτέθη· Ἐκεῖ οὖν διὰ τὴν Παρασκευὴν τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ μνημεῖον, ἔθηκαν τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν.