38
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now
Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the
Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body
away.
39 He was
accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at
night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about
seventy-five pounds.
40
Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in
strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.
42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
Joseph of Arimathea and Necodemus buried Jesus. Finally, the toughest (to my limited human understand which could easily be wrong) part of his ministry was over. In his death, he paved the way to salvation that whoever believes in him shall not perish,but will have everlasting life.
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