noteworthy that Mark 16:6 refers to a plurality of persons: “Here is the place where they laid him.” Servants probably were the ones who actually bought the linen shroud. The burial itself need not have been very elaborate: the hands and feet had to be tied, perhaps the jaw bound, then dry spices, probably fragrant resin and powdered sandalwood to offset the stench of decay, were packed around the body, which was then wrapped in the sheet. According to John, the tomb in which the body was laid was