tombs. The Gospels describe how Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man (Matt 27:57) and a member of the Jewish council (Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50), took Jesus’ body and placed it in a tomb—one that he himself owned, according to Matthew (27:60). When the women visited the tomb on the first day of the week, they found that the sealing stone had been rolled away (Matt 28:2; Mark 16:3–4; Luke 24:2; cf. John 20:1). Relying only on the text, it might be difficult to envision this sort of tomb entrance and rolling