14: Jesus is laid in the tomb
STATION 14
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When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then Pilate ordered that it be released. So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen, and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.
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On the first Good Friday, the Author of Life laid lifeless in a tomb. A giant stone covered the opening so His body could lay undisturbed. Jesus’s disciples were shaken by their Rabbi’s death. Hopeless and defeated, they scattered and hid while they mourned their Teacher’s death. The dark day of Christ’s death grew darker still.
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Jesus, we imagine the plight of your disciples that dark day, and we ask you to help us through our own dark days and nights of the soul. Help us to wait, to hope, and to trust until we see the dawn break. Amen.
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Tonight we remember what Jesus did for us, and that He loves us so much he was willing to die for us!