When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.