## This man ##

"Joseph"

## approaching Pilate, asked ##

"went to Pilate and requested"

## He took it down ##

"Joseph took Jesus' body from the cross"

## wrapped it in fine linen ##

"wrapped the body in a fine linen cloth"

## laid him in a tomb ##

"placed Jesus' body in a tomb" or "placed Jesus' body in a burial room"

## that was cut in rock ##

"a tomb which someone had cut in a rock cliff"

## where no one had ever been laid  ##

"No one had ever before put a body in that tomb" (UDB)