Who showed up to take care of Jesus body when he died? Where did they put Jesus body? Read this short passage to find out:

38 Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away. 39 With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.40 Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth. 41 The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before. 42 And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

—John 19:38-42 (NLT)

I find it interesting that the Disciples were still afraid to show up to take care of Jesus’ body. Instead a secret disciple, who was also afraid of the religious leaders, and Nicodemus dared to come and tend to Jesus’ body. They laid him in a borrowed tomb as none had been prepared for Jesus and wrapped his body with spices and ointments.

Matthew 27:62-66 picks up where John stops as he reports how the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to set up guards to be sure that the disciples wouldn’t come to steal Jesus’ body and claim he had risen from the dead. Roman soldiers were stationed at the tomb to guard it around the clock.

And the time passed… and the people waited and wondered what might happen next…