Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
38 Matt. 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, (John 7:13; 9:22; 12:42)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And John 3:1, 2; 7:50Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 4:14; Matt. 2:11myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 7; Acts 5:6bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So Is. 53:9; Matt. 26:12; Mark 14:8there they laid Jesus, John 19:14, 31because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.