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Introduction
Quote from Chafer.
P. 319 vol. 1.
Speaking of Christ, Lewis Sperry Chafer wrote this, “His complete humanity is clearly set forth, yet of Him it is as clearly disclosed that He is equal with the Father and the Spirit.
To Him are given the titles of Jehovah, Redeemer, and Savior, and He is invested with every attribute belonging to Deity.
He is the greatest theme of prophecy; about Him things are written which could not be true of any angel or man.
Because of His claim to be what He is, He died under the charge of blasphemy.
He bore the sins of the world in a sacrificial death, and, because of that accomplishment, He forgave sin and for His sake alone sin is forgiven to the end of the world.
He arose from the dead, thus sealing His every claim to Deity.
He is now seated on the Father’s throne and all power is given unto Him both in heaven and on earth.
He is declared to be the Creator of all things visible and invisible, the source of eternal life, the object of worship both by angels and men.
He will yet raise the dead and, as Judge, determine the future estate of all created beings.”
Christ is our subject, Christ our object, and Christ our daily sustenance.
vv.
57-66 Burial and Sealing - Possible title: Opposition to the resurrection.
vv.
57-61 Burial
v. 57
The use of also here is interesting.
Is it referring to other rich people?
Or just an indication that he was a disciple but distinct from the twelve?
What do we know about this guy?
He is rich, from Arimathea, his name is Joseph so he is Hebrew, and he is a disciple of Jesus.
v. 58
He isn’t afraid to approach the governor and ask for the body of someone recently crucified and condemned by the religious leaders.
It makes you wonder what these same religious leaders thought of him taking the body and giving Jesus a proper funeral.
Given – ἀποδίδωμι apodidōmi repay; pay back.
To be granted – to be or become one’s possession, whether physically or abstractly.
KJV has “delivered”.
Joseph became responsible for the body of Jesus.
Was he held accountable at all for its disappearance?
v. 59
This makes it sound like Joseph did the work himself.
I suppose, since he was well off, he could have had servants do it.
But it seems that he wanted to do the honors himself.
The cloth wrapping is important because it will come up later.
Clean.
Why the emphasis?
v. 60
Laid – τίθημι tithēmi put; place; lay.
To put (place) – to move and set into a certain place or abstract location.
Joseph was very intentional in how he handled the body of Jesus.
He carefully and lovingly placed the body in his own tomb.
Large – μέγας megas great; loud.
Large – above average in size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent.
This is a mega stone.
Joseph places Jesus in his own new tomb that was carved from rock probably at great expense.
He places Jesus inside after having wrapped the body.
He rolls a large stone over the opening and leaves.
There is a lot of self-sacrifice present in this man.
v. 61
Mary and Mary sit opposite the tomb.
Elsewhere we are told they followed Joseph and marked the place.
Here we find courage.
vv.
62-66
v. 62
Next day.
Would this make it Pentecost?
They are willing to gather with a heathen on Pentecost to try and prevent their Messiah from rising!
Day of Preparation – παρασκευή paraskeuē day of preparation.
Day of preparation – Friday considered as the day to prepare (for Sabbath or a festival).
Whether it is Pentecost or not, it is certainly the Sabbath.
v. 63
They call Him a deceiver when they recruited false witnesses against Him!
While He was still alive.
How causally they refer to the death of our Lord!
It has always interested me how they remember His claim when the disciples seem not to.
This sets the stage for what is coming.
Jesus knew He was going to rise.
That was always the plan!
His resurrection demonstrates that He was who He claimed to be.
He is God manifested in flesh!
The Messiah!
The second person of the trinity.
v. 64
Command is an imperative.
The religious leaders are giving the governor a command as they seek for him to command the security of the tomb.
They again refer to deception here implying that Jesus’ was leading a life of deceit.
However, they never state what His deceit was.
This is a political tactic.
Implications without really saying anything.
They do this because it would be impossible to deny the life and ministry of Christ.
They couldn’t disprove His miracles or anything.
Whether or not they were really worried about the disciples stealing a body we may never know.
Regardless, they accomplished their goal of having Pilate seal the tomb.
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v. 65
Pilate grants their request to seal the tomb.
This is important because it gives them governmental authority.
The seal being spoken of is basically Pilates symbol of authority being placed in evidence at the tomb so all would know that to break in would be a death sentence.
Pilate gives them a guard of soldiers and tells them to secure it as well as they are able.
v. 66
They leave Pilate’s presence and travel to the tomb.
Sealing – σφραγίζω sphragizō seal; seal up.
To seal – to fasten with or as if with a seal.
They put his seal on the stone and set a guard.
The soldiers they were given are posted at the tomb to prevent anyone taking Jesus’ body.
It is important here to note several hindrances to the resurrection.
First, the grave clothes.
Second, the tomb.
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