"Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the
body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.
He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus
 brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about
 seventy-five pounds.
Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs."
(John 19:38-40)

Joseph
A rich man from Arimathea. He was a disciple of Jesus. The body of Jesus
was put in his unused tomb.
(Matthew 27:57-60)
Nicodemus
He came to Jesus by night. (John 3)
He was a member of the Council. (Mark 15:43)
He defended Jesus before the Council). (John 9)

Prophecy fulfilled:

"He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,     though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth."
(Isaiah 53:9)

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