Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

858 HISTORY OF TBE NEW TESTAMENT.
Hc wcnt to Pilatr: ~ncl asked for the body of Jesus, that ha
might bury it. Pilnte granted bis rcqucst. Then Joseph,
together with Nicodcmus, took down tho sacred Body fro111
the cross, ailcl wrappcd it up, with costly aromalic' spices, in
LL linen ghroud.
3. It so happened tl-int Joseph had a garden near the place!
where Jesus rrras craciiied, ttild in the garden was a new Be-
pulcher, hewn from the rock, wherein no one linci yct bccn
buried. In this they laid tl~e body of Jesus, and rolled n
great stone to the door of the scpulchcr.
4. On the following day, thc chief-priests and the Pl~asi-
scos went to lJilatc, and said : " Sir, we hnvo remembered
tlmt that seduccr said, rvhilc RC was yet alive : 'Aftcr three
days I will rise again.' Comnland, thcrcforc, tllc sepulcher
to be guarded until the third day, lest His disciples come
and steal EIirn away, and say to the pcople: ' Ile is risen
from the dead.' " Pilate gttve them guards to watcli the
scpulcher, uld they, moreover, sealed tl~e stone. The water
and the blood that Iloi~red fro111 the side of Jesus, are figures
of two great sacra~rients, 11urtlely : The blood refers to tlic
Holy Eucharist and the water to the Holy Baptism.
QUESTIONS.
1. Why did the solcliers brenlc the legs of the two thicves wl~o
were cruciiicd 7 Why did tl~cy not bred tllosc of Jesus 'l Faring
that notne vestigc