"JESUS BURIAL"
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Parallel Gospel Accounts
Matthew 27:57-60 - make a couple of observations
Mark 15:42-46 - make a couple of observations
Luke 23:50-54 - make a couple of observations
John 19:31-42 - make a couple of observations
Proposition - Jump a board this morning as we learn about the Joseph of Arimathea. We are going to learn about his: 1) character, 2) his commitment, and 3) his concern for His Savior.
Interrogative question - What is your greatest concern?
1. The Character of Joseph - vs. 57
1. The Character of Joseph - vs. 57
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
Why did they want to get the body down?
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
27:57 Joseph. Mark 15:43 and Luke 23:50, 51 identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin (see note on 26:59), though Luke says “he had not consented to their decision and deed” in condemning Christ. Joseph and Nicodemus (John 19:39), both being prominent Jewish leaders, buried Christ in Joseph’s own “new tomb” (v. 60), thus fulfilling exactly the prophecy of Is. 53:9. Arimathea. A town about 20 mi. NW of Jerusalem. MacArthur, J., Jr., ed. (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1450). Word Pub.
The other Gospels identify Joseph as a member of the Jewish ruling council, the Sanhedrin (Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50; John 19:38).
27:58 asked for the body Without Joseph’s intervention, Jesus likely would have been buried with executed criminals or discarded on a trash heap. Under Jewish law, the corpse needed to be buried the same day or the land would be defiled (Deut 21:22–23). Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., Whitehead, M. M., Grigoni, M. R., & Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Mt 27:57–58). Lexham Press.
Joseph was a member of the Sanhedrin who did not consent to the actions against Jesus (Luke 23:50–51). His high standing within the Jewish community gave him access to Pilate. The location of Arimathea is uncertain—perhaps Ramathaim in the hill country of Ephraim, 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Jerusalem. asked for the body of Jesus. Jewish custom dictated that crucified bodies should be taken down before evening, especially before the Sabbath, which began at sundown on Friday. new tomb. A rectangular chamber cut into rock. It was accessed through a low entry room and blocked with a stone that could be rolled back and forth, mainly to protect the body from wild animals (see illustration of The Tomb of Jesus). The use of a rich man’s tomb fulfills Isa. 53:9. Crossway Bibles. (2008). The ESV Study Bible (p. 1887). Crossway Bibles.
How do we know he is rich?
What did the other gospel accounts about him?
What do you think the words - “become a disciple of Jesus” means?
2. The Commitment of Joseph - vs. 58
2. The Commitment of Joseph - vs. 58
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
How would you feel if you were going to the Roman government to ask for the body of Jesus?
How do you think Joseph might have felt?
Why did you think that Joseph wanted the body so badly?
3. The Concern of Joseph - vs. 59-60
3. The Concern of Joseph - vs. 59-60
59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.
What did Jesus do with the body?
Who else was with Jesus? (look at other gospel accounts)
Fulfilled Scriptures - OT
20 He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken.
10 “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.
SO WHAT??
What is your greatest concern?