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As they were still at the table, Jesus took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of Me.

It was a revolting sight. His weight had broken the cord by which he had hanged himself to the tree. In falling, his body had been horribly mangled, and the dogs were now devouring it.

John shuddered at the thought of having the body of his beloved Master handled by the unfeeling soldiers, and buried in a dishonored grave. But he saw no way to prevent it, as he had no influence with Pilate.

… Saviour's body should have an honorable burial.

Joseph owned a new tomb hewn in a rock. He had built it for his own use; but he now prepared it for Jesus. The body, together with the spices brought by Nicodemus, was wrapped in a linen sheet, and the Redeemer was borne to the tomb.

Around the tomb was the guard of Roman soldiers. They were to keep strict watch, that the body of Jesus might not be molested. Some of them were constantly pacing to and fro before the tomb, while the others rested on the ground near by.

There had been still another guard about the Saviour's tomb. Evil angels were there. Because the Son of God had fallen in death, His body was even then claimed as the prey of him who has the power of death—the devil.

Both Abraham and Jacob had pitched their tents in Shechem, and it was here that Jacob had bought the field in which the tribes were to bury the body of Joseph. Here also was the well that Jacob had dug.

The news was carried to the land of Israel, and Samson’s relatives rescued the body of the fallen hero without opposition. They “buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah.”

… the body. In order to reach a high moral and intellectual standard, we must obey the laws that control our physical being.