Question 41
Section 16: Lord’s Day 16
Why was he also “buried?”
Thereby to prove that he was really dead.a
a. Acts 13:29; Mark 15:43–46
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.
Mark 15:43–46
15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. 15:44 Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so. 15:45 When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 15:46 So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
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