er and the
disciple whom he loved standing near, Jesus said to her, "Woman, he is
your son!" And to the disciple he said, "She is your mother!" And from
that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

Darkness covered the whole land from noon until three o'clock in the
afternoon. At that hour Jesus cried aloud, "Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani," which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
When they heard it, some who stood by, said, "He is calling Elijah." And
a man ran and, soaking a sponge in vinegar, put it on the end of a reed
and was about to give it to him to drink when the others said, "Stop,
let us see if Elijah will come to take him down." But Jesus uttered a
loud cry and gave up his life. And the curtain of the Temple was torn in
two from the top to the bottom. When the Roman captain who stood facing
him saw in what way he died, he said, "Surely this man was a son of
God."

Looking on from a distance were some women also, among them Mary of
Magdala, Mary the mother of James, the younger, and of Joses, and
Salome, who had followed him and waited on him when he was in Galilee,
and many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

Because it was now evening of the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of
Arimathaea, an honorable member of the Jewish national council, who was
himself looking for the coming of the Kingdom of God, went to Pilate and
had the courage to ask him for the body of Jesus. Pilate, surprised that
he was dead, called the captain and asked whether Jesus was already
dead, and when he learned this from the captain he gave the body to
Joseph. After Joseph had taken Jesus from the cross, he wrapped him in
a linen sheet which he had bought, and laid him in a tomb cut out of
rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. And Mary of
Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses, watched to see where Jesus was
laid.

JESUS CONQUERS DEATH

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James,
and Salome bought spices to embalm Jesus. Soon after sunrise on the
first day of the week they went to the tomb, and they said to one
another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door?" But they
found that the stone, although very large, had been rolled to one side.
On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe sitting on the
right, and they trembled and were afraid. But he said to them, "Do not
be afraid. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who wa