According to the gospel accounts, Jesus was buried in a tomb which originally belonged to Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy man who, believing Jesus was the Messiah, offered his own sepulcher for the bur
Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense. Station 14 of the Calvary of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Villamelendro de Valdavia).
The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.
Roza Bal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir
Joseph of Arimathea is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. Three of the four canonical Gospels identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin, while
Joseph of Arimathaea by James Tissot, between 1886 and 1894
Joseph of Arimathea by Pietro Perugino, detail from Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Purported tomb of Jesus (provided by Joseph) in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
William Blake's Illustration Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion in its second state after Blake's 1773 original, engraved circa 1809