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b) The honorable burial by Joseph, Nicodemus and the women.
യോസേഫ് നിക്കൊദേമൻ ശിഷ്യന്മാർ എന്നിവരാൽ ഉണ്ടായ തിരുശവസംസ്കാരം,

MATT. XXVII. 57 Whom the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Them Pilate com- manded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrap- ped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepul- chre, and depart- ed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

MARK XV. 42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable coun- seller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvel- led if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magda- lene and Mary the mother of Jesus beheld where he was laid.

LUKE XXIII. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also him- self waited for the king- dom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man bofore was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sab- bath drew on. 55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

JOHN XIX. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mix- ture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepul- chre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

c) The watch at the sepulchre. ശ്മശാനത്തിലേ കാവൽ.

MATT. XXVII.
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pha- risees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that de- ceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples	come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

തൂക്കി കൊന്നവരുടെ പിണം രാത്രി മുഴുവനും മരത്തിന്മേൽ ആകരുത് എ
ന്ന കല്പന വെച്ചു കിടക്കുന്നതല്ലാതെ (൫ മോ. ൨൧, ൨൨ƒ) അസ്തമാനത്താൽ
പെസഹയുടെ മഹാശബ്ബത്ത് ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന സംഗതിയാലും (യോ.) യഹൂദർ
പിലാതനെ ചെന്നു കണ്ടു, ആ മൂവരെ മരിപ്പോളം തൂങ്ങി കിടപ്പാൻ സമ്മതി
യാതെ കാലൊടിച്ചു വേഗം മരണം വരുത്തേണം എന്ന് അപേക്ഷിച്ചു. അ
പ്രകാരം നടത്തുവാൻ വേറെ ചേകവരെ നിയോഗിച്ചപ്പോൾ അവർ ജീവ
നോടെ കണ്ട കള്ളന്മാരെ കാൽ ഒടിച്ചു കൊന്നു, യേശു മരിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞു എന്ന
റികയാൽ മരണനിശ്ചയത്തിന്നു തികവായിട്ടു ഒരുത്തൻ കൈവണ്ണത്തിലുള്ള
കുന്തമുനകൊണ്ടു യേശുവിന്റെ നെഞ്ചിൽ കുത്തി, ഉടനെ രക്തവും വെള്ള
വും ഒലിക്കയും ചെയ്തു (യോ.). ആയതു കണ്ടിട്ടുള്ള ശിഷ്യൻ മൂഢനായ ചേക

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