16马可十五章四十二至四十七节论到奴仆救主的安葬。四十二节说,『到了黄昏,因为这是豫备日,就是安息日的前一日,有亚利马太的一个人约瑟前来;他是尊贵的议士,也是盼望神国的,他放胆进到彼拉多那里,求耶稣的身体。』在主成就了救赎和分赐生命的死之后,祂受苦的处境立刻变为尊贵的处境。有个财主名叫约瑟,(太二七57,)和一个犹太人的官尼哥底母,(约十九39,三1,)来照料祂的埋葬,将祂的身体用没药和沉香裹好,放在一座新坟墓里。主在安息日,在高标准的人性尊贵里安息了,(路二三55~56,)等候从死人中复活的时刻来到。在马可十五章四十三节,约瑟被称为『亚利马太的一个人约瑟』,原文有指定冠词,指明他是个有名望的人。约瑟买了细麻布,把主耶稣从十字架上取下来,用细麻布裹好,安放在磐石中凿出来的坟墓里,又辊过一块石头来挡住墓门。(46。)这是要应验以赛亚五十三章九节下半的话。
16Mark 15:42-47 speaks of the burial of the Slave-Savior. Verse 42 says, “And when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation, which is the day before the Sabbath, Joseph, the one from Arimathea, an honorable member of the Council, who was also himself awaiting the kingdom of God, coming with daring, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.” After the Lord accomplished His redemptive death, His situation of suffering immediately changed into an honorable one. Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man (Matt. 27:57), and Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews (John 19:39; 3:1), came to care for the Lord’s burial by having His body bound with myrrh and aloes and buried in a new tomb. In human honor of such a high standard the Lord rested on the Sabbath day (Luke 23:55-56), waiting for the time to resurrect from among the dead. In 15:43 Joseph is called “the one from Arimathea.” The definite article here indicates a man well known. Having purchased a piece of linen, Joseph took the Lord Jesus down from the cross, wrapped Him in the linen, laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb (v. 46). This was for the fulfillment of Isaiah 53:9