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People/Characters: Joseph, of Arimathea

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Titles	Order
The Bible: In Contemporary Language: The Message by Eugene H. Peterson	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
Good News Bible by American Bible Society	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel by C. H. Dodd	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible (NASB) by The Lockman Foundation	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel by C. H. Dodd	John 19:38-42
The Living Bible by Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language by Eugene H. Peterson	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
The New Jerusalem Bible by Henry Wansbrough
The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips	Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
NIV Life Application Study Bible by Tyndale	Jesus was placed in his tomb, Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus by John Dominic Crossan

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