Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Burial and Resurrection

Who took charge of Christ’s body after it was taken down from the cross? BR-ASI9 42.13

“A rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, . . . went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. . . . He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock.” Matthew 27:57-60. BR-ASI9 42.14

To what experience in the life of a noted prophet did Christ refer when speaking of His stay in the grave? BR-ASI9 43.1

“But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Matthew 12:39, 40. BR-ASI9 43.2

What prophecy foretold Christ’s triumph over death? BR-ASI9 43.3

“For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.” Psalm 16:10. (See Acts 2:24-27.) BR-ASI9 43.4