'Tomb' in the Bible
On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
So the Jews who were with Mary in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw that she had risen hastily and had gone out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep aloud there.
Jesus, however, again restraining His strong feeling, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone had been laid against the mouth of it.
The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.
There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.
Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation for the Jewish Passover, and the tomb was close at hand, they put Jesus there.
On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it.
So she ran, as fast as she could, to find Simon Peter and the other disciple--the one who was dear to Jesus--and to tell them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him."
Peter and the other disciple started at once to go to the tomb, both of them running,
Simon Peter, however, also came, following him, and entered the tomb. There on the ground he saw the cloths;
Then the other disciple, who had been the first to come to the tomb, also went in and saw and was convinced.
Meanwhile Mary remained standing near the tomb, weeping aloud. She did not enter the tomb, but as she wept she stooped and looked in,