“Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.”
King James Version (KJV)
19:38 Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate - And Nicodemus also came - Acknowledging Christ, when even his chosen disciples forsook him. In that extremity Joseph was no longer afraid, Nicodemus no longer ashamed.
19:41 In the place where he was crucified - There was a garden in the same tract of land: but the cross did not stand in the garden.
19:42 Because of the preparation - That is, they chose the rather to lay him in that sepulchre which was nigh, because it was the day before the Sabbath, which also was drawing to an end, so that they had no time to carry him far.