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Gospel of Peter 2

Joseph Buries Lord's Body

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1(3) Joseph was standing there, a friend of Pilate and of the Lord. When he saw that they were about to crucify him, he went to Pilate and asked for the Lord’s body for burial. (4) Pilate sent word to Herod and asked him for the body.

2(5) Herod said, “Brother Pilate, even if no one had asked for him, we would have buried him, since the Sabbath is also beginning. For it is written in the Law, ‘The sun must not set on one who has been killed.’”

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