The Tomb of the Lord Jesus
The body of Jesus was placed in a donated tomb. It had been carved into a rock. Essentially it was a cave. Some other people in the Bible were buried like that.
THE LORD JESUS
The body of the Lord Jesus was placed in a donated tomb. It had been carved into a rock. Essentially it was a cave:
Matthew 27:60. and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Mark 15:46. He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Luke 23:53. He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
John 19:41. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
Acts 13:29. When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
Some other people in the Bible were buried like the Lord Jesus was:
Genesis 23:19. After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 50:5. ‘My father [Jacob] made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’ ”
Joshua 10:17. Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Joshua 10:18. Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;
1 Kings 13:30. He [a prophet] laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
Isaiah 22:16. What are you [Shebna] doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”
Isaiah 53:9. They made his [the Suffering Servant‘s] grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
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