42 Nevertheless, many even of ^xthe authorities believed in him, but ^yfor fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be ^zput out of the synagogue;

Jesus Is Buried

38 ^fAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ^gfor fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 Nicodemus also, ^hwho earlier had come to Jesus¹ by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds² in weight.