NgokukaMathewu 27:57-66

Sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimatheya, igama lakhe nguJosefa, owayengumfundi kaJesu naye; lo waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. Khona uPilatu wayala ukuba anikwe sona. UJosefa wasithatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngendwangu enhle ehlanzekileyo, wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha ayeliqophe edwaleni, wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wahamba. Kepha kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya behlezi phambi kweliba. Kepha ngangomuso okungolulandela usuku lokulungisela abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, bathi: “Nkosi, sikhumbula ukuthi lowo mkhohlisi esekhona wathi: ‘Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizakuvuka.’ Ngakho yala ukuba iliba ligcinwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu ukuba abafundi bakhe bangaze bafike bamebe, bathi kubantu: ‘Uvukile kwabafileyo;’ kuthi inkohliso yokugcina ibe mbi kuneyokuqala.” UPilatu wathi kubo: “Nampa abalindi; hambani niligcine njengokubona kwenu.” Base behamba, baligcina iliba, babeka uphawu etsheni bekanye nabalindi.