The following quotation is provided regarding the tomb of Jesus, namely: " TOMB OF JESUS According to the New Testament accounts, the tomb of Jesus was located in a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified (John 19:41) outside the city walls of Jerusalem (John 19:20). It was a ' new tomb ' which had been ' hewn out of the rock ' by Joseph of Arimathea (Matt.27:60; compare Luke 23:50-56) who had apparently prepared it for his own family's use. It was not uncommon for the well-to-do to prepare such a tomb in advance because of the difficulty of digging graves in the rocky ground around Jerusalem. The tomb was large enough for someone to sit inside (Mark 16:5; compare John 20:11-12) and required that one stoop to look inside and enter (John 20:5-6, 11; compare Luke 24:12). A great rolling stone sealed the entrance (Matt. 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3). This description suggests a typical Jewish tomb of the Herodian period consisting of (1) an antechamber, (2) a slow doorway which could be sealed with a stone (in many cases a rolling stone fitted into a groove or track so that the tomb could be opened and closed by rolling the stone back and forth in front of the doorway), and (3) a passageway leading to a rectangular-shaped tomb chamber. Here the body (having been wrapped in a linen cloth) could be laid lengthwise in either a rectangular, horizontal, oven-shaped shaft driven back into the vertical rock face measuring 78 × 25 × 20 inches or laid on a simple rock shelf cut laterally into the rock with a vaulted arch over it. The sequence of events narrated in the Gospel accounts (especially John 20:5-6) would seem to indicate that Jesus' tomb had this vaulted arch. "1 NOTE: The picture, located at the upper, left corner of this paragraph, was downloaded from the " bing.com " web page.2
As Christians, members of the church, we have been buried with Christ Jesus by baptism into death ( see Romans 6:4 ). Scriptural baptism is by immersion in water for the remission of one's past sins ( see also Acts 2:38, 41, and 47 ( KJV, for example ); 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example; KJV, for example ); and Romans 3:21-31 ( especially verse 25, for example; KJV, for example ), for example ). As the spiritual wives of Christ ( see Romans 7:1-4, for example ), we have been chosen by Him. Each of us is to walk worthy of the calling to which we were called. In Ephesians 4:1, it is written, " 4 I therefore, m a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to n walk in a manner worthy of o the calling to which you have been called. "
Many concepts are incorporated into the Scriptures: ( 1 ) Science and mathematics ( see Joshua 10:12-14, for example ), ( 2 ) engineering ( see 2 Chronicles 32:30, for example ), ( 3 ) business ( see James 4:13, for example ), ( 4 ) banking ( see Luke 19:23, for example ), ( 5 ) corrections ( see Matthew 5:25, for example ), ( 6 ) the court system ( see Proverbs 25:8-10, for example ), and ( 7 ) agriculture ( see Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, for example ), for example. However, the focus of the gospel message ( see Acts 15:1-21 ( especially verse 7, for example ) and Ephesians 1:1-14 ( especially verse 13, for example ), for example ) is on the cross. In 1 Corinthians 1:18, it is written, " 18 For the word of the cross is b folly to c those who are perishing, but to us d who are being saved it is e the power of God " ( Emhasis mine, R.E.W. ).
Jesus said, " If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own.… " Worldliness is a sin ( see James 4:4 and 1 John 3:4 ( KJV, for example ), for example ). As children of God, we are not of the world. Please examine the Scriptures daily, as the Jews of Berea did ( see Acts 17:10, 11, for example ).