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15:42 Jesus is buried in haste just before the Sabbath begins, on Friday afternoon. Faithful to the laws for observance of the Sabbath, the women wait until early on Sunday morning to go and care for the body of their friend. He is not buried in the ground, but placed in a tomb hewn from the rock, over which a heavy rock is placed.
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con of the Cruci xion by Joan Brand- Landkamer
MARK 
The Death of Jesus. 33At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”* which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”k 35* Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” 36One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.” 37Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 38* The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. 39* l When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” 40* There were also women looking on from a distance.m Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome. 41These women had followed him when he was in Galilee and ministered to him. There were also many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
The Burial of Jesus. 42n When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the sabbath, 43Joseph of Arimathea,* a distinguished member of the council, who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and coura- geously went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had already died. 45And when he learned of it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46Having bought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid.
* [15:34] An Aramaic rendering of Ps 22:2. See also note on Mt 27:46.
* [15:35] Elijah: a verbal link with Eloi (Mk 15:34). See note on Mk 9:9–13; cf. Mal 3:23–24. See also note on Mt 27:47.
* [15:38] See note on Mt 27:51–53.
* [15:39] The closing portion of Mark’s gospel returns to the theme of its beginning in the Gentile centurion’s climactic declaration of belief that Jesus was the Son of God. It indicates the fulfillment of the good news announced in the prologue (Mk 1:1) and may be regarded as the firstfruit of the passion and death of Jesus.
* [15:40–41] See note on Mt 27:55–56.
* [15:43] Joseph of Arimathea: see note on Mt 27:57–61.
k. [15:34] Ps 22:2.
l. [15:39–41] Mt 27:54–56; Lk 23:47–49.
m. [15:40] 6:3; Lk 8:2–3.
n. [15:42–47] Mt 27:57–61; Lk 23:50–56; Jn 19:38–42.