Question 40

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Section 1: Introduction

To what end was he buried also?

That thereby he might manifest that he^a was dead indeed.

To what end was he buried also?

That thereby he might manifest that he^a was dead indeed.

a. Acts 13:29; Matthew 27:60; Luke 23:53; John 19:38
Acts 13:29
^13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
^13:29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
Matthew 27:60
^27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
^27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Luke 23:53
^23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
^23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
John 19:38
^19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
^19:38 Afterward, 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.
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Changes from Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41

~~Why~~ To what end was he buried also?~~“buried?”~~

That thereby ~~to prove~~ he might manifest that he was ~~really~~ dead indeed.

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41

Why was he also “buried?”

Thereby to prove that he was really dead.

An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 40

To what end was he buried also?

That thereby he might manifest that he was dead indeed.

Related (1)

Apostles’ Creed, which this question expounds

Clause 4

Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell;

Commentaries (5)

Caspar Olevianus, 1581, An Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles (6 parts)
On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 4, which this question expounds
That the kingdome of Christ is offered vnto vs in the Articles of our faith; and that the faithfull are partakers of it, whilest they liue here It is certaine, that there are two…
Caspar Olevianus’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (2 parts)
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41, which this question adapts
To what end was he buried also? That thereby he might make manifest, that he was dead indeede.
Zacharias Ursinus’s text
Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41, which this question adapts
Wherefore was he also buried? That hee might, thereby make it knowne that he was truelie dead. The vse So often as we heare the buriall of Christ spoken off, we are thereby put in…
Jeremias Bastingius’s text
William Perkins, 1595, An Exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles
On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 4, which this question expounds
Thus much of the incarnation of Christ: Now followeth the third and last point which is to be considered in the description of Christ, namely the estate of Christ after his birth,…
William Perkins’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1851, The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 41, which this question adapts
There are many causes on account of which Christ was buried: 1. He would be buried in confirmation of his death, that it might be manifest that he was truly dead; for not the…
Zacharias Ursinus’s text