Thematic Bible: Burial
Thematic Bible
Burial » The jews anxious to be interred in their family places of
Burial » Places used for » The city of david for the kings of judah
Burial » Attended by » Attendance » Friends
Now when He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out; it was the only son of his widowed mother. And many people from the town were with her.
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Burial » Places of » Frequently prepared and pointed out during life
and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.
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Burial » Lack of, a disgrace
Burial » Places of » Members of a family interred in the same
Burial » Soon after death
After this happened, one of Jesus' disciples (but secretly, for fear of the Jews), named Joseph from Arimathaea, asked Pilate if he could remove Jesus' body [from the cross]. Pilate granted him permission, so he went and removed the body from the cross. Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus' body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming]. So, they took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths, with spices, according to customary Jewish burial practices. read more.
Now there was an [olive] orchard at the place where Jesus was crucified. And in the orchard there was a new grave site [i.e., a cave-like tomb] where no one had ever been buried. So, they placed Jesus' body there, for it was the Day of Preparation and that was the closest grave site. [Note: Since this was the day before the Passover Festival, and the next day was also the regular weekly Sabbath, they had to bury the body before sundown to comply with Jewish restrictions against working on a Sabbath day].
Now there was an [olive] orchard at the place where Jesus was crucified. And in the orchard there was a new grave site [i.e., a cave-like tomb] where no one had ever been buried. So, they placed Jesus' body there, for it was the Day of Preparation and that was the closest grave site. [Note: Since this was the day before the Passover Festival, and the next day was also the regular weekly Sabbath, they had to bury the body before sundown to comply with Jewish restrictions against working on a Sabbath day].
Then Peter said to her, "Why did you agree together [with your husband] to put the Holy Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look, the ones who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out [to bury you, too]." And instantly she fell dead right in front of him, and her spirit left her body. [Just then the] young men came in and found her dead. They carried her out and buried her with her husband.
Burial » Privation of, threatened as a punishment
Burial » Attended by » Great lamentation at
Burial » Perfumes burned at
Burial » Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors
Burial » Followed by a feast
Burial » Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution
Now it was the Day of Preparation [Note: This was the day before the Passover Festival began, and fell on a Friday that year], and the Jews did not permit bodies to remain on a cross over the Sabbath day. (Besides, that Sabbath day was a special day [i.e., since it was both the Passover and the regular weekly Sabbath, as well]). So, they asked Pilate to have Jesus' and the criminals' legs broken [i.e., to speed up their deaths] and then have their bodies taken away.
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Burial » Places used for » Under trees
Burial » Places used for » Gardens
Burial » Burying places » Closed with stones
and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.
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So, they went and secured the grave site, placing a [wax] seal on the stone, while the guards watched.
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So, Jesus again felt distressed within Himself [as He] went to the grave site, which was a cave with a stone [slab] across its entrance.
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Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb.
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Burial » Attended by » Family of the dead
Burial » Places of » Were ceremonially unclean
Burial » With spices
Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].
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So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus' body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].
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Burial » Places used for » Caves hewn out of rocks
and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.
Verse Concepts
Burial » Places used for » Houses of the deceased
Burial » Places used for » Tops of the hills
Burial » Figurative
[This happened when you were] buried with Christ in [the act of] immersion, from which you were also raised up with Him through [your] faith in the accomplishment of God, who raised Him up from the dead.
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Therefore, we were buried with Him through [our] immersion [in water] into [a relationship with] His death, so that, just like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glorious power of the Father, so we also can [be raised up from the water to] live a new life.
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Burial » Illustrative of regeneration
[This happened when you were] buried with Christ in [the act of] immersion, from which you were also raised up with Him through [your] faith in the accomplishment of God, who raised Him up from the dead.
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Therefore, we were buried with Him through [our] immersion [in water] into [a relationship with] His death, so that, just like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glorious power of the Father, so we also can [be raised up from the water to] live a new life.
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Burial » Places of » Held in high veneration
Burial » Places used for » Natural caves
So, Jesus again felt distressed within Himself [as He] went to the grave site, which was a cave with a stone [slab] across its entrance.
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Burial » Burying places » Family
Their bodies were carried back [from Egypt] to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had purchased in Shechem from the sons of Hamor for a sum of silver. [Note: "Shechem" was a town in Israel, the country which in New Testament times was known as Samaria].
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Burial » The body was » Carried on a bier to
Then He went near the casket and touched it; [immediately] the pallbearers stopped. Jesus said, "Young man, I tell you, get up."
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Burial » The right of all nations
After this happened, one of Jesus' disciples (but secretly, for fear of the Jews), named Joseph from Arimathaea, asked Pilate if he could remove Jesus' body [from the cross]. Pilate granted him permission, so he went and removed the body from the cross.
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Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In gardens
Now there was an [olive] orchard at the place where Jesus was crucified. And in the orchard there was a new grave site [i.e., a cave-like tomb] where no one had ever been buried.
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Burial » The body was » Wound in linen for
[Immediately] the man who had died came out [of the cave] with his hands and feet [still] wrapped in bandages, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to his Jewish friends, "Unwrap him and let him go."
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So, they took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths, with spices, according to customary Jewish burial practices.
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Burial » Often took place immediately after death
So, when Jesus arrived, He found out that Lazarus had already been in his grave [i.e., a cave-like tomb] for four days.
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Jesus said, "You people, take the stone away." [But] Martha, the dead man's sister, said to Jesus, "Lord, his body is decomposing by now, for he has been dead four days."
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Burial » Burying places » Anyone who touched, were unclean
Burial » Attended by » Female friends
Now when the Lord saw her, He felt very sorry for her and said to her, "Do not cry."
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[Now] Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joseph [See verse 40] saw where the body was laid.
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Burial » Burying places » On hills
Burial » Burying places » A place of honor
Burial » Burying places » Of kings
Burial » Burying places » For poor and strangers
So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
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Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In houses
Burial » Bier (coffin) used at
Then He went near the casket and touched it; [immediately] the pallbearers stopped. Jesus said, "Young man, I tell you, get up."
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Burial » Attended by » Hired mourners
Burial » Places of » Tombs erected over
"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you are like white-washed tombs, used for burial [sites], which appear beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of the bones and decaying flesh of dead people. Even so, you also appear on the outside to be doing right in front of people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and sin. "It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you construct burial sites for the prophets and decorate the tombs of people who were righteous.
Burial » Privation of, considered a calamity
Burial » Orations sometimes made at
Burial » Antiquity of purchasing places for
Burial » The body was » Sometimes burned before
Burial » Places of » Provided for the common people
Burial » An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass
Burial » Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days
Burial » Probable origin of
Burial » Design of
Burial » The body was » Preserved with spices
Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus' body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming]. So, they took Jesus' body and wrapped it in linen cloths, with spices, according to customary Jewish burial practices.
Burial » The body was » Anointed
For in the act of pouring this perfume on my body she was preparing it for my burial.
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Burial » Places of » Often desecrated by idolatry
Burial » Places of » Sometimes had inscriptions
Burial » Places of » Pillars erected on
Burial » Antiquity of coffins for
Burial » Places of » Provided for aliens and strangers
So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
Verse Concepts
Burial » Burial of gog (multitude) requiring seven months
Burial » Of the friendless, a kind act
Burial » Directions given about, before death » By jacob
Burial » Burying places » Painted and garnished
"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you are like white-washed tombs, used for burial [sites], which appear beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of the bones and decaying flesh of dead people.
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"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you construct burial sites for the prophets and decorate the tombs of people who were righteous.
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Burial » Burying places » Bought by abraham
Burial » Places of » For criminals, marked by heaps
Burial » Attended by relatives and friends » The son of the widow of nain
Now when He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out; it was the only son of his widowed mother. And many people from the town were with her. Now when the Lord saw her, He felt very sorry for her and said to her, "Do not cry."
Burial » Places of » Visited by sorrowing friends
When Martha's Jewish friends, who had been comforting her at her house, saw Mary getting up quickly and leaving, they followed her, thinking she was going to the grave site to mourn.
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Burial » Places of » Sometimes not apparent
"It is too bad for you! For you people are like obscure grave sites that people walk over without knowing it."
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Burial » Attended by relatives and friends » Child of jeroboam
Burial » Attended by relatives and friends » Of jacob
Burial » Burying places » And inscriptions
Burial » Burying places » With shelves
Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Asa
Burial » Burying places » Tombs » King saul's
Burial » The body was » Washed before
But as time went on, she became [very] sick and [eventually] died. Her body was washed [by the women attendants] and placed in an upstairs room [during the mourning process].
Verse Concepts
Burial » Directions given about, before death » By joseph
Burial » Attended by relatives and friends » Abner
Burial » Burying places » Marked with pillars, rachel's
Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Joseph
and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.
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Burial » Burying places » In valleys
Burial » Burying places » Sealed
So, they went and secured the grave site, placing a [wax] seal on the stone, while the guards watched.
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Burial » Rites of
Burial » Burying places » Refused to the dead
And people from among the races and tribes and language groups and nations will gaze at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and they will not permit their bodies to be buried.
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Burial » Burying places » Demoniacs lived in
And when He got to the other side [i.e., the east side of the lake], He was in the district of the Gadarenes. There He was met by two men dominated by evil spirits. They came from the graveyard [where they lived] and were so fierce that no one could [safely] travel that road.
Verse Concepts
Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » jacob
Burial » Burying places » Robbed
Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In caves
Burial » Burying places » Tombs » Under trees, deborah's
Burial » Attended by relatives and friends » Stephen
The godly men who buried Stephen's body mourned over his loss very deeply.
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the Human nature of Christ » Is proved by his » Burial
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.