The Life of Jesus Christ - Chapter 12 - Jesus lives again and returns to God - Part 1
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When Jesus died, it was nearly the Sabbath. [That is, Saturday.
Saturday is a holy day for the Jews, when they rest. They do not work.]
Joseph (from Arimathea) asked Pilate for the body of Jesus.
Together with Nicodemus, he buried the
body of Jesus quickly. They buried the body in a grave, near the place where
Jesus died. (Both Joseph and Nicodemus were leaders of the Jews.)
Usually Jews would wash a body and rub oil on it. There was not
enough time to do this before the Sabbath began. Joseph and Nicodemus just
wrapped Jesus' body, and laid it in a grave. The grave was like a small cave,
which men had cut in rock. Joseph and Nicodemus rolled a heavy stone against the
front. They would do nothing more during the Sabbath.
The women prepared the oils that they needed. They wanted to
complete the Jewish customs. But they had to wait until early on the Sunday
morning. These women had seen where the men had buried Jesus.
The Jewish rulers also saw the grave where the body was. They
ordered soldiers to guard the grave.
They did not want anyone to pretend that Jesus had become alive again (Matthew
27:63-66).
At this time, the friends of Jesus had separated. When the
soldiers came to arrest Jesus, his friends had run away. The soldiers had come
from Jerusalem. The *disciples would not have gone back there. Probably they
went over the Mount of Olives [a mountain] to Bethany. Peter and John stayed in
Jerusalem. The women also stayed in Jerusalem.
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