Jesus died about mid-afternoon on Good Friday (see Mark 15:34, 37). His body was wrapped in linen and transported to a rock-hewn tomb located in a garden (see Luke 23:53, John 19:41). There wasn’t enough time before sunset (when the Sabbath began) to prepare Jesus’ body for a proper burial, so the women who planned to do that had to…
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