Holy Week - On Saturday, Jesus lay in his tomb

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By Sara Ipatenco

"The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ" (2008) by Kehinde Wiley. Oil on canvas, 131" x 112"

During the day on Holy Saturday, Jesus lay in his tomb and his followers mourned his death. A guard stood watch to make sure no one tried to steal the body. Early Sunday morning, it was discovered that Jesus was no longer in the tomb and had risen from the dead, which marks Easter Sunday and the end of Holy Week. Matthew 27::59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. [More]