50 Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man. 51 He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who[a] himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before. 54 That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.
55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Luke 23:50-56
Jesus buried in Joseph’s tomb. After His physical death, Jesus’s body was retrieved with permission of Pilate by a man named Joseph. It is stated in Matthew 27:57 that Joseph was a believer, a disciple of Christ.
57 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
Matthew 27:57
After wrapping the body in linen (and 75lbs of spices/aloes provided by the Pharisee Nicodemus per John 19:39-40) – he placed Jesus’s body in the tomb and rolled the stone across the entrance to seal it. The women (Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James), who followed Jesus also prepared spices and oils to anoint His body per Jewish tradition ahead of the Sabbath.
39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
John 19:39-40
They all planned to return on Sunday to complete the task. Friday had gone, but Sunday was coming. I cannot imagine the conviction and sorrow many would feel on that Sabbath. Jesus did make it clear in John 2:19-21 “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” However it was also clear that much of his prophecy remained a mystery to those that heard.
19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this [d]to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
John 2:19-21
But after He rose, they would remember what He said and believe.
