This Week's Story

A Short Burial, part two

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Was Jesus going to stay in His tomb?

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Joseph and his friend stood looking at the cross. Jesus was hanging there, nailed through hands and feet. The person they knew was not in this body. Where was he?

“Nicodemus, help me. I do not know how to take him down.”

“We will loosen his hands and then his feet.”

The body slipped into Joseph’s arms. Both men lifted Jesus into the carriage.

“We will take him to my tomb. It is new and it was carved for me...
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