Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.