The man who asked Pilate for Jesus's body | Part 2/19
Examine Mark's account of Joseph of Arimathea asking Pilate for Jesus's body, Pilate confirming the death and Joseph laying the body in a rock-cut tomb while two women watched.
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Examine Bart Ehrman's claim that Jesus was buried in a common grave rather than by Joseph of Arimathea, and focus the question on same-day tomb burial.
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