Burial of Jesus

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Christian religious event New Testament event event in the life of Jesus

The Burial of Jesus refers to the New Testament account of Jesus’ body being placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea after his crucifixion, an event central to Christian beliefs about his death and resurrection.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
burial of Jesus	2
English: Burial of Jesus	1
Entombment of Christ	1
dead body of Jesus Christ	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious event ⓘ New Testament event ⓘ event in the life of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ
centralTo	Christian passion narratives ⓘ Christian soteriology ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
follows	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
fulfills	Isaiah 53:9 ⓘ Psalm 16:10 ⓘ
hasFeature	Roman guard at the tomb ⓘ rock-hewn tomb ⓘ stone rolled against the entrance ⓘ tomb sealed by authorities ⓘ
hasLanguageName	Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English: Burial of Jesus Greek: Ταφή του Ιησού ⓘ Latin: Sepultura Iesu ⓘ
hasLiturgicalCommemoration	Good Friday ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ
hasLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ near Golgotha ⓘ tomb of Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ
hasParticipant	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus Mary Magdalene ⓘ Mary Magdalene ⓘ surface form: Mary the mother of James Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ surface form: Nicodemus Salome ⓘ
hasPrincipalAgent	Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ
hasRitualAction	anointing with spices ⓘ wrapping of Jesus’ body in linen ⓘ
hasRitualObject	aloes ⓘ linen shroud ⓘ myrrh ⓘ spices ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Entombment of Christ Lamentation of Christ ⓘ
mentionedInCreedPhrase	“was crucified, died, and was buried” ⓘ
precedes	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Jesus
religiousSignificance	confirms reality of Jesus’ death ⓘ fulfillment of Scripture ⓘ prepares for the Resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
timeAfter	death of Jesus on the cross ⓘ
timeBefore	the first day of the week ⓘ
timeConstraint	before the Jewish Sabbath began ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paschal Triduum → commemoratesEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Gospel of Mark → containsEpisode → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Michelangelo's Pietà → depicts → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: dead body of Jesus Christ

Great Week → focusesOnEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Crucifixion of Jesus → followedBy → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Burial of Jesus → hasLanguageName → Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: English: Burial of Jesus

Burial of Jesus → iconographicTheme → Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entombment of Christ

Passion of Christ → includesEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus