La Descente de Croix

La Descente de Croixby Cornelis Schut - Jesus is taken down from the cross Mark 15: 43 - 47 Joseph of Arimathea a distinguished member of the council who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God came and courageously went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died. And when he learned of it from the centurion he gave the body to Joseph. Having bought a linen cloth he took him down wrapped him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid.