Deposition of Christ, from The Large Passion

Deposition of Christ, from The Large Passion

c. 1496–97, published 1511 · Germany

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¶ And after this, Ioseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Iesus, and Pilate gaue him leaue: he came therefore, and tooke the body of Iesus.
JOHN 19:38 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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