The True Story of Jesus — Page 58
as 58 He was a rich and influential man and was very close to Pilate. The body of Jesus as was handed over to him. The Bible tells us that Joseph of Arimathea, a respected mem- ber of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus as. Pilate wondered if he were already dead and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. 1 Thus, under Joseph’s supervision the disciples removed the body, wrapped it in a linen shroud, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock. Then they rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb. The tomb was spacious enough to accommodate Jesus as and one or two attendants to sit and take care of him. It appears that only a few close disciples knew that Jesus as was alive. The rest of his disciples, like everybody else, were under the impression that he died on the cross. The Bible mentions coming and going of these disciples to the tomb but everything was done with great caution and in secrecy. The Bible tells us that the women who had come with Jesus as from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid; then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. 2 It also tells us that Nicodemus, another follower of Jesus as, and a man of great repute, ‘who at first had gone to see Jesus at night, went 1. Mark 15:42–45 2. Luke 23:55, 56