He bought linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut into the rock. And he rolled a stone in front of the door of the tomb.
Joseph’s actions show a burial carried out with love, reverence, and dignity. He bought linen cloth, took down the Lord’s body, wrapped it, and laid it in a tomb cut into the rock. Christ not only died, but was also buried, as the central testimony of the Gospel declares. The rock-cut tomb and the stone rolled in front of the entrance became visible testimony that His body had been placed in a definite, sealed place. To the human eye, the stone of the tomb was a final period, but in God’s providence it became the boundary beyond which the victory of life over death was to be revealed.