Sunday.
Jewish rulers planned to have Jesus' body thrown in the pits of Gehenna as custom for victims of crucifixion where his body would be exposed to wild animals. It was also common for relatives of means to intervene with bribes to Roman authorities for the body. Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate taking with him a large sum of money but when Pilate heard the request he signed the release immediately. The sandstorm abated, a group representing Sanhedrin went out to Golgotha to make sure that Jesus' body would go with the two brigands to the open burial pits.
Joseph arrives at Golgotha finding the soldiers taking Jesus down from the cross with the Sanhedrin group there to make sure that none of Jesus' group prevent his body from going to the public pits. When Joseph hands Pilate's order to the centurion to release Jesus' body to Joseph, the representatives raised a tumult. The centurion drew his sword drove back the angry mob, read Pilates order, and assigned soldiers to make sure nobody interfered with Joseph.
