Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who was waiting for the kingdom of God, obtained permission from Pilate to take Jesus' body after the crucifixion. He wrapped the body in linen cloth and placed it in his own new tomb, rolling a large stone to seal the entrance. Nicodemus, another secret disciple, helped Joseph prepare Jesus' body for burial according to Jewish customs, bringing myrrh and aloes to wrap in the linen cloths. They laid Jesus' body in the tomb as the Sabbath was beginning.

2. SECRET HERO?

3. Mat 27:57-60 NASB
When it was evening, there came a rich man
from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself
had also become a disciple of Jesus. This
man went to Pilate and asked for the body of
Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to
him.

4. Mat 27:57-60 NASB
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new
tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and
he rolled a large stone against the entrance
of the tomb and went away.

5. Mark 15:42-46 NIV
It was Preparation Day (that is, the day
before the Sabbath). So as evening
approached, Joseph of Arimathea, a
prominent member of the Council, who was
himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went
boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
Pilate was surprised to hear that he was
already dead.

6. Mark 15:42-46 NIV
Summoning the centurion, he asked him if
Jesus had already died. When he learned from
the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to
Joseph. So Joseph bought some linen cloth,
took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and
placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he
rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

7. Luke 23:50-54 NIV
Now there was a man named Joseph, a
member of the Council, a good and upright
man, who had not consented to their decision
and action. He came from the Judean town of
Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the
kingdom of God. Going to Pilate, he asked for
Jesus’ body.

8. Luke 23:50-54 NIV
Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth
and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in
which no one had yet been laid. It was
Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about
to begin.

9. John 19:38-42
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for
the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a
disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he
feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s
permission, he came and took the body away.
He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the
man who earlier had visited Jesus at night.

10. John 19:38-42
Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about seventy-five pounds. (Or about
34 kilograms) Taking Jesus’ body, the two of
them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of
linen. This was in accordance with Jewish
burial customs.

11. John 19:38-42
At the place where Jesus was crucified, there
was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb,
in which no one had ever been laid. Because
it was the Jewish day of Preparation and
since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus
there.

12. Are You …
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13. Moving •From Secluded to Public
•Natural Interaction
•Become Intentional
•Pray
•From Private to Public
•Expose your Heart
•Worship in Public
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