Laid to Rest

Friday

 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. 

He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb 

and went away.

Matthew 27:59-60

 

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee

followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how His body 

was laid in it.  Then they went home

 and prepared spices and perfumes.

Luke 23:55

Saturday

 But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

Luke 23:56

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, 

the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

"Sir," they said, "we remember that while He was alive

that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until

the third day.  Otherwise, His disciples may come and 

steal the body and tell the people that He has been

raised from the dead.  This last deception will be

worse than the first."

"Take a guard," Pilate answered.

"Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how."

So they went and made the tomb secure by

putting a seal on the stone

and posting a guard.

Matthew 27:62-66