Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Empire of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak of the child to everyone who was expectantly awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.
Now, there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Later, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jewish leaders), asked of Pilate if he could take Jesus’s body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took away his body.
But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the prominent men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
Peter followed him from a distance, until he came into the courtyard of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.