Jesus Is Placed in a Tomb^(A)

⁵⁷ In the evening a rich man named Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and had become a disciple of Yeshua. ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Yeshua. Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

⁵⁹ Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. ⁶⁰ Then he laid it in his own new tomb, which had been cut in a rock. After rolling a large stone against the door of the tomb, he went away. ⁶¹ Mary from Magdala and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.

Jesus Is Placed in a Tomb^(A)

⁴² It was Friday evening, before the day of worship, ⁴³ when Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and was an important member of the Jewish council. He, too, was waiting for the kingdom of God. Joseph boldly went to Pilate’s quarters to ask for the body of Yeshua.

⁴⁴ Pilate wondered if Yeshua had already died. So he summoned the officer to ask him if Yeshua was, in fact, dead. ⁴⁵ When the officer had assured him that Yeshua was dead, Pilate let Joseph have the corpse.

⁴⁶ Joseph had purchased some linen cloth. He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in the cloth. Then he laid the body in a tomb, which had been cut out of rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary from Magdala and Mary (the mother of Joses) watched where Yeshua was laid.

Jesus Is Placed in a Tomb^(A)

³⁸ Later Joseph from the city of Arimathea asked Pilate to let him remove Yeshua’s body. (Joseph was a disciple of Yeshua but secretly because he was afraid of the Jews). Pilate gave him permission to remove Yeshua’s body. So Joseph removed it. ³⁹ Nicodemus, the one who had first come to Yeshua at night, went with Joseph and brought 75 pounds of a myrrh and aloe mixture.

⁴⁰ These two men took the body of Yeshua and bound it with strips of linen. They laced the strips with spices. This was the Jewish custom for burial.

⁴¹ A garden was located in the place where Yeshua was crucified. In that garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been placed. ⁴² Joseph and Nicodemus put Yeshua in that tomb, since that day was the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.