The Burial of Jesus

Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple, asks for Jesus’ body and receives permission to remove it. Nicodemus brings a large amount of myrrh and aloes, and together they wrap the body in linen with the spices according to Jewish burial custom. A nearby new tomb in a garden becomes the burial place because the day of Preparation is near.

A³⁸fterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body. ³⁹Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. ⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom. ⁴¹Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴²And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.