Moment of Meditation: Asked for the Body (Matthew 27:58)
''He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him (Matthew 27:58).''
Emboldened by his faith, with none of the Apostles' permission, Joseph goes before Pilate. He asks for Jesus' corpse. Being wealthy, he would be allowed an audience with the governor. Even in the first century, money talks.
Joseph stands before the Roman governor as a simple Jew seeking to keep the holy Sabbath of the Passover undefiled. He wants the cursed bodies from the crosses taken down. He specifically asks for Jesus' body.
Pilate is still reeling from the political firestorm of Jesus' trial. He didn't want to upset things further with the Jewish Sanhedrin by not allowing burial for the condemned. Especially at the Passover. Millions of Jews would have rioted had the Romans desecrated the highest feast of the year.
Joseph asks and receives Jesus' body for burial. A burial that takes over your burial. Amen.
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