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The burial of Jesus refers to the entombment of the body of Jesus after his crucifixion before the eve of the sabbath.This event is described in the New Testament.According to the canonical gospel narratives, he was placed in a tomb by a councillor of the Sanhedrin named Joseph of Arimathea; [2] according to Acts 13:28–29, he was laid in a tomb by "the council as a whole". [3]
Jesus died at the ninth hour, or 3:00pm, Jesus' disciples would thus have had to work rapidly to have the burial complete by the start of Sabbath at sundown. France notes that Joseph may have started his preparations, including the meeting with Pilate , before the crucifixion.
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 27:58
The tomb of Jesus is the place where Jesus was entombed after his death. [1] According to the gospel accounts, the tomb originally belonged to Joseph of Arimathea , a wealthy man who, believing Jesus was the Messiah , offered his own sepulcher for the burial of Jesus .
This chapter records the narrative of Jesus' passion, including his trial before Pontius Pilate and then his crucifixion, death and entombment. Jesus' trial before Pilate and his crucifixion, death, and burial are also recorded in Matthew 27, Luke 23, and John 18:28–19:42.
The obscure term is also used at Mark 15:42 in a different part of the burial narrative, and it is likely Matthew's usage is borrowed from there. [2] Morris speculates that the author of Matthew may have used this roundabout phrasing as he did not want to directly mention Sabbath in connection with these negative events. [ 3 ]
Joseph of Arimathea places Jesus in his own new tomb, a sign of great loyalty by Joseph. This verse is based on Mark 15:46 , and is paralleled by Luke 23:53 and John 19:41 . Matthew is the only gospel writer to mention that it was Joseph's own tomb that Jesus was placed. [ 1 ]
In Mark and Luke the women come to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. This is dropped from Matthew's version. Here they are described as coming simply to "see the tomb." This is usually understood as the women coming to continue their vigil that had begun at Matthew 27:55.