Holy Saturday 2012

Mary of Magdala and Mary the Mother of 
Joset watch at the tomb of Jesus
[Watercolor by James Tissot 1836-1902]

Mark 15:42-47

It was now (Friday) evening and since it was preparation Day, that is the vigil of the Sabbath, there came Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council who himself lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God, and he boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Pilate, astonished that he should have died so soon, summoned the centurion and enquired if he was already dead.  having been assured of this by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph who bought a shroud, took Jesus down from the cross, wrapped him in the shroud and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock.  He then rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.  Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joset were watching and took note of where he was laid.

Roman Soldiers watch over the tomb where Jesus was laid
[Watercolor by James Tissot 1836-1902]

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Notes:

1) Bible verses used in this post are from The Jerusalem Bible, Copyright 1966, Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden city, New York.

2) The images above are of watercolor paintings by French artist James Tissot (1836-1902). These faithful photographic reproductions of original two-dimensional works of art. are in the Public Domain and were downloaded  from the personal digital collection of Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Director of Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries.  Dr. Wilson granted Humble Blogger permission to use images from his collection in this Blog during Holy Week 2012