Burial

88 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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An Ignominious, Compared to the Burial of an Ass
Antiquity of Coffins For
Antiquity of Purchasing Places For
Attended by Family of the Dead
Attended by Female Friends
Attended by Great Lamentation At
Attended by Hired Mourners
Attended by Numbers of Friends
Attended by Relatives and Friends of Jacob
Attended by Relatives and Friends: Abner
Attended by Relatives and Friends: Child of Jeroboam
Attended by Relatives and Friends: Stephen
Attended by Relatives and Friends: The Son of the Widow of Nain
Bier (Coffin) Used At
Burial of Gog (Multitude) Requiring Seven Months
Burying Places for Poor and Strangers
Burying Places in Caves
Burying Places in Gardens
Burying Places in Houses
Burying Places in Valleys
Burying Places of Kings
Burying Places with Shelves
Burying Places: A Place of Honor
Burying Places: And Inscriptions
Burying Places: Anyone Who Touched, Were Unclean
Burying Places: Asa
Burying Places: Bought by Abraham
Burying Places: Closed with Stones
Burying Places: Demoniacs Lived In
Burying Places: Family
Burying Places: Jacob
Burying Places: Joseph
Burying Places: King Saul's
Burying Places: Marked with Pillars, Rachel's
Burying Places: On Hills
Burying Places: Painted and Garnished
Burying Places: Refused to the Dead
Burying Places: Robbed
Burying Places: Sealed
Burying Places: Under Trees, Deborah's
Design of
Directions Given About, Before Death by Jacob
Directions Given About, Before Death by Joseph
Figurative
Followed by a Feast
Frequently Prepared and Pointed out During Life
Held in High Veneration
Illustrative of Regeneration
Lack of, a Disgrace
Members of a Family Interred in the Same
Often Desecrated by Idolatry
Often Took Place Immediately After Death
Orations Sometimes Made At
Perfumes Burned At
Pillars Erected On
Places Used for Caves Hewn out of Rocks
Places Used for Gardens
Places Used for Houses of the Deceased
Places Used for Natural Caves
Places Used for The City of David for the Kings of Judah
Places Used for Tops of the Hills
Places Used for Under Trees
Privation of, Considered a Calamity
Privation of, Threatened As a Punishment
Probable Origin of
Provided for Aliens and Strangers
Provided for the Common People
Rites of
Sometimes had Inscriptions
Sometimes not Apparent
Soon After Death
The Body Was: Anointed For
The Body Was: Carried on a Bier To
The Body Was: Preserved with Spices
The Body Was: Sometimes Burned Before
The Body Was: Washed Before
The Body Was: Wound in Linen For
The Jews Anxious to be Interred in Their Family Places of
The Right of all Nations
Tombs Erected Over
Visited by Sorrowing Friends

An Ignominious, Compared to the Burial of an Ass

Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Antiquity of Coffins For

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

Antiquity of Purchasing Places For

Genesis 23:7–16 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. …

Attended by Family of the Dead

Genesis 50:5–6 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” …
Genesis 50:8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
Matthew 8:21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Attended by Female Friends

Mark 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

Attended by Great Lamentation At

Genesis 50:10–11 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days. …
2 Samuel 3:31–32 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier. …

Attended by Hired Mourners

Jeremiah 9:17–18 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. …

Attended by Numbers of Friends

Genesis 50:7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him — the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt —
Genesis 50:9 Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
2 Samuel 3:31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Luke 7:12 As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Attended by Relatives and Friends of Jacob

Genesis 50:5–9 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.” …

Attended by Relatives and Friends: Abner

2 Samuel 3:31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

Attended by Relatives and Friends: Child of Jeroboam

1 Kings 14:13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

Attended by Relatives and Friends: Stephen

Acts 8:2 God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Attended by Relatives and Friends: The Son of the Widow of Nain

Luke 7:12–13 As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. …

Bier (Coffin) Used At

2 Samuel 3:31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Luke 7:14 Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

Burial of Gog (Multitude) Requiring Seven Months

Ezekiel 39:12–13 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. …

Burying Places for Poor and Strangers

Jeremiah 26:23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
Matthew 27:7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

Burying Places in Caves

Genesis 23:9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

Burying Places in Gardens

2 Kings 21:18 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
2 Kings 21:26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
John 19:41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Burying Places in Houses

1 Samuel 25:1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
1 Kings 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

Burying Places in Valleys

Jeremiah 7:32 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

Burying Places of Kings

1 Kings 2:10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

Burying Places with Shelves

Isaiah 14:15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Burying Places: A Place of Honor

2 Chronicles 24:16 And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
2 Chronicles 24:25 And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in …
2 Chronicles 21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Burying Places: And Inscriptions

2 Kings 23:17 Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

Burying Places: Anyone Who Touched, Were Unclean

Numbers 19:16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Numbers 19:18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person …
Isaiah 65:4 sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

Burying Places: Asa

2 Chronicles 16:14 And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Burying Places: Bought by Abraham

Genesis 23:1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
Genesis 25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Burying Places: Closed with Stones

Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Matthew 27:66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
John 11:38 Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

Burying Places: Demoniacs Lived In

Matthew 8:28 When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Burying Places: Family

Genesis 47:30 but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
Genesis 49:29 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Acts 7:16 Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

Burying Places: Jacob

Genesis 50:5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

Burying Places: Joseph

Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Burying Places: King Saul's

1 Samuel 31:13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Burying Places: Marked with Pillars, Rachel's

Genesis 35:20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

Burying Places: On Hills

2 Kings 23:16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God …
Joshua 24:33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

Burying Places: Painted and Garnished

Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Matthew 23:29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

Burying Places: Refused to the Dead

Revelation 11:9 For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

Burying Places: Robbed

Jeremiah 8:1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

Burying Places: Sealed

Matthew 27:66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

Burying Places: Under Trees, Deborah's

Genesis 35:8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

Design of

Genesis 23:3–4 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites, …

Directions Given About, Before Death by Jacob

Genesis 49:29–30 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. …

Directions Given About, Before Death by Joseph

Genesis 50:25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Figurative

Isaiah 22:16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here — to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Followed by a Feast

2 Samuel 3:35 Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
Jeremiah 16:7–8 No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother. …
Hosea 9:4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter …

Frequently Prepared and Pointed out During Life

Genesis 50:5 my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
2 Chronicles 16:14 And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Held in High Veneration

Nehemiah 2:3 and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
Nehemiah 2:5 and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

Illustrative of Regeneration

Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Lack of, a Disgrace

2 Kings 9:10 And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
Proverbs 30:17 As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Jeremiah 16:4 “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts …
Jeremiah 22:19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 39:15 As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.

Members of a Family Interred in the Same

Genesis 25:10 This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 49:31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
2 Samuel 2:32 And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

Often Desecrated by Idolatry

Isaiah 65:3–4 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, …

Often Took Place Immediately After Death

John 11:17 When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
John 11:39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
Acts 5:6 Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
Acts 5:10 At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Orations Sometimes Made At

2 Samuel 3:33–34 And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool? …

Perfumes Burned At

2 Chronicles 16:14 And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
Jeremiah 34:5 you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

Pillars Erected On

Genesis 35:20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

Places Used for Caves Hewn out of Rocks

Isaiah 22:16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here — to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Places Used for Gardens

2 Kings 21:18 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
2 Kings 21:26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
John 19:41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Places Used for Houses of the Deceased

1 Samuel 25:1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
1 Kings 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

Places Used for Natural Caves

Genesis 23:19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
John 11:38 Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

Places Used for The City of David for the Kings of Judah

1 Kings 2:10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
2 Chronicles 21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 24:16 And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

Places Used for Tops of the Hills

Joshua 24:33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Kings 23:16 And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God …

Places Used for Under Trees

Genesis 35:8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
1 Samuel 31:13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Privation of, Considered a Calamity

Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Privation of, Threatened As a Punishment

2 Kings 9:10 And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
Jeremiah 8:2 They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Jeremiah 16:4 “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts …

Probable Origin of

Genesis 4:9–10 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” …

Provided for Aliens and Strangers

Matthew 27:7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

Provided for the Common People

Jeremiah 26:23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

Rites of

Jeremiah 34:5 you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

Sometimes had Inscriptions

2 Kings 23:17 Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

Sometimes not Apparent

Luke 11:44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Soon After Death

Deuteronomy 21:23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Joshua 8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which …
John 19:38–42 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body. …
Acts 5:9–10 “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” …

The Body Was: Anointed For

Matthew 26:12 By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

The Body Was: Carried on a Bier To

2 Samuel 3:31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Luke 7:14 Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

The Body Was: Preserved with Spices

John 19:39–40 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. …

The Body Was: Sometimes Burned Before

1 Samuel 31:12 all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

The Body Was: Washed Before

Acts 9:37 At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

The Body Was: Wound in Linen For

John 11:44 The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
John 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

The Jews Anxious to be Interred in Their Family Places of

Genesis 47:29–31 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, …
Genesis 49:29–30 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. …
Genesis 50:25 And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
2 Samuel 19:37 Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

The Right of all Nations

Judges 16:31 Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
John 19:38 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Tombs Erected Over

Matthew 23:27–29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. …

Visited by Sorrowing Friends

John 11:31 When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.