The Burial in the Tomb of Joseph

Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy and respected member of the establishment in Jerusalem.  He was also a believer in the work and teaching of Jesus.  Joseph used his influence and contacts to get permission from Pilate to place the body in a freshly hewn tomb which he had intended to use himself.

Joseph and a friend are shown removing the limp body of the dead Jesus from the cross to the sepulchre -- a cave-like cavity hewn out of the rock, with a cylindrical stone set in a track to seal closed the opening.

Above and in the distance, is the empty cross, draped and deserted.
Below, the crown of thorns lies discarded -- the ironic symbol of human mockery, but in the final analysis of little consequence in the flow of things that really matter.

 

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