Descent, Deposition, & Burial

1. Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate for the body — a secret disciple, member of the Sanhedrin (Matthew 27:57-58)
2. Deposition from the Cross — the body is taken down (Mark 15:46)
3. Nicodemus brings myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds (John 19:39)
4. Burial — the body is wrapped in a clean linen shroud, placed in Joseph's own new rock-hewn tomb. A great stone is rolled over the entrance (Matthew 27:59-60)
5. The women watch — Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses see where he is laid (Mark 15:47)

Descent from the Cross & Lamentation

Descent from the Cross

Lamentation

Pietà

The Entombment of Christ

Burial & 3 Days in the Tomb

"Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power" - Rev 20:6

“Then answered the Jews and said unto Him, “What sign shewest Thou unto us, seeing that Thou doest these things?” Jesus answered and said unto them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Then said the Jews, “Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days?” But He spake of the temple of His body. When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.” - The Gospel According to St. John

"When you took me down the cross and put me in the Sepulcher, I became the altar on which I sacrifice myself, The cloth in which I was wrapped will be called the corporeal, this vessel in which you put my Blood, when you gathered it from my body.....It will be called the Chalice, The Paten which lies on top of it, will signify the Stone which was sealed before the tomb... ....when you put me in the Sepulcher.... I revealed my mystery for all to see." - Source? Mike Bais?

Burial

- Burial by Joseph of Arimathea. The sealing of the tomb and placement of guards.

Gospel of Mark

In the Gospel of Mark (the earliest of the canonical gospels), written around the years 66 and 72,[9][10] Joseph of Arimathea is a member of the Sanhedrin, which had condemned Jesus, who wishes to ensure that the corpse is buried in accordance with Jewish Law, according to which dead bodies could not be left exposed overnight. He puts the body in a new shroud and lays it in a tomb carved into the rock.[7] The Jewish historian Josephus, writing later in the century, described how the Jews regarded this law as so important that even the bodies of crucified criminals would be taken down and buried before sunset.[11] In this account, Joseph does only the bare minimum to observe the Law, wrapping the body in a cloth, with no mention of washing (Taharah) or anointing it. This may explain why Mark mentions an event prior to the crucifixion in which a woman pours perfume over Jesus.[12] Jesus is thereby prepared for burial even before his actual death.[13]

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Matthew was written around the years 80 to 85, using the Gospel of Mark as a source.[14] In this account Joseph of Arimathea is not referenced as a member of the Sanhedrin, but a wealthy disciple of Jesus.[15][16] Many interpreters have read this as a subtle orientation by the author towards wealthy supporters,[16] while others believe this is a fulfillment of prophecy from Isaiah 53:9:

"And they made his grave with the wicked, And with the rich his tomb; Although he had done no violence, Neither was any deceit in his mouth."

This version suggests a more honourable burial: Joseph wraps the body in a clean shroud and places it in his own tomb, and the word used is soma (body) rather than ptoma (corpse).[17] The author adds that the priests and the Pharisees "made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard."

Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Mark is also a source for the account given in the Gospel of Luke, written around the year 80–90.[18] As in the Markan version, Joseph is described as a member of the Sanhedrin,[19] but as not having agreed with the Sanhedrin's decision regarding Jesus; he is said to have been "waiting for the kingdom of God" rather than a disciple of Jesus.[20]

Gospel of John

The Gospel of John, the last of the gospels, was written around the years 90 to 95, and it depicts Joseph as a disciple who gives Jesus an honourable burial. John says that Joseph was assisted in the burial process by Nicodemus, who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes and included these spices in the burial cloth according to Jewish customs.[21]

The apocryphal manuscript known as the Gospel of Peter states that the Jews handed over the body of Jesus to Joseph, who later washes him then buries him in a place called "Joseph's Garden".[24]

An argument in favor of a decent burial before sunset is the Jewish custom, based on the Torah, that the body of an executed person should not remain on the tree where the corpse was hung for public display, but be buried before sunrise. This is based on Deuteronomy 21:22–23, but also attested in the Temple Scroll of the Essenes, and in Josephus' Jewish War 4.5.2§317, describing the burial of crucified Jewish insurgents before sunset.