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The Burial of Jesus
John 19:38–42
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Because it was almost the Sabbath (which began at sundown) it was necessary for the burial to take place quickly. Joseph got permission from Pilate to bury Jesus’ body. Jewish burial customs included washing the body and covering it with cloth and oils or spices (v. 40). This is why the hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes were used. It seems evident that Joseph and Nicodemus had carefully planned their activities during the crucifixion. It would have been very hard to secure a tomb at the last minute and they would not have been able to purchase 100 pounds of costly spices so quickly.
As soon as these two men had Jesus’ body prepared for burial they took it and placed it in a new tomb near the place of the crucifixion (vv. 41-42). Matthew records that this was Joseph’s own tomb that he had cut out of the rock (Matt. 27:60). This fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy that the Messiah, though despised and rejected by men, would be with the rich in His death (Isaiah 53:9).
Application
What Joseph and Nicodemus did as an act of love for the body of Jesus was dangerous, costly, and without any personal gain. My service for our Lord should be equally as courageous and sacrificial and not to please men.
John 19:38-42 (English Standard Version)
After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly 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 away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 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. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
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