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Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb. 57 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Below is the loculus (burial place) inside Jesus' tomb, where Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus laid the body of Jesus. Notice how the rock facade slopes into a 'pillow' at the head (left) but drops off at a right angle at the opposite (right) end.
Joseph's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר יוסף, Qever Yosef; Arabic: قبر يوسف, Qabr Yūsuf) is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 metres northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. [1]
Sep 7, 2023 · After the crucifixion and before the eve of the Sabbath, the body of Jesus Christ who had died on the cross was placed in a tomb by a Jewish elder and member of the Sanhedrin council named Joseph of Arimathea.
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] In art, it is often called the Entombment of Christ.
Mar 18, 2022 · Joseph’s tomb was in a garden near the place where Jesus had been crucified. Joseph and Nicodemus were running out of time before sundown. John 19:42 spells it out, “Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.” Photo credit: ©Getty Images/kckate16
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Since there was no time to prepare a grave before the beginning of the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea placed Jesus’ body in his family’s rock-cut tomb. The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) are in broad agreement in their description of this event: 5.
