Mathew 27:57-60
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the Body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
Verse 58 is where it gets vague. I think there could of been more information. It wasn't delivered to the tomb, it was delivered to Joseph. After it was delivered to Joseph, he had then taken it to his tomb. So it was delivered then taken. It is interesting that the initial delivery of Christ from the cross to Joseph is minimized. It takes quite a bit of slowing down to capture the possibly missing scene. Christ body was in very bad shape coming right off the cross, after the abuse and torture, so mentioning a Clean linen cloth may be inferring that Jesus may have been delivered to Joseph in a blood stained linen wrap from the cross to Joseph. Joseph then could of wrapped around the cloth that had already absorbed a lot of blood, then had him taken to the tomb from there. This would mean that altogether there may have been three cloths. The Shroud of Turin, the Sudarium, and a final, yet lost one used to lay under his head as a rest, as mentioned in the Bible. This is all a theory, not an absolute. At best, I hope this article gets people to think, study and share their knowledge.
Verse 58 is where it gets vague. I think there could of been more information. It wasn't delivered to the tomb, it was delivered to Joseph. After it was delivered to Joseph, he had then taken it to his tomb. So it was delivered then taken. It is interesting that the initial delivery of Christ from the cross to Joseph is minimized. It takes quite a bit of slowing down to capture the possibly missing scene. Christ body was in very bad shape coming right off the cross, after the abuse and torture, so mentioning a Clean linen cloth may be inferring that Jesus may have been delivered to Joseph in a blood stained linen wrap from the cross to Joseph. Joseph then could of wrapped around the cloth that had already absorbed a lot of blood, then had him taken to the tomb from there. This would mean that altogether there may have been three cloths. The Shroud of Turin, the Sudarium, and a final, yet lost one used to lay under his head as a rest, as mentioned in the Bible. This is all a theory, not an absolute. At best, I hope this article gets people to think, study and share their knowledge.
