gospel · 30 · Holy Sepulchre
Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the council who had not consented, asked Pilate for the body; Nicodemus brought myrrh and aloes about seventy-five pounds in weight. They bound the body in linen cloths with the spices and laid it in a new tomb in a garden near the place of crucifixion, because the sabbath was coming on. Mary Magdalene saw where he was laid — which is why she knew where to go on the first day of the week.
The burial of Jesus refers to the burial or entombment of the body of Jesus after his crucifixion before the eve of the sabbath. This event is described in the New Testament. According to the canonical gospel narratives, he was placed in a tomb by a councillor of the Sanhedrin named Joseph of Arimathea; according to Acts 13:28–29, he was laid in a tomb by "the council as a whole". In art, it is often called the Entombment of Christ.
Laid in a new tomb before the sabbath — the tomb the women return to.