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The Dead Jesus

Name: The Dead Jesus
Brand: GoodSalt
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Jesus Christ lies dead beneath the cross, His crown of thorns still upon His head and His body wrapped in a burial cloth. Around Him gather the faithful mourners of Calvary: grieving women, a standing disciple, and attendants preparing the Lord for burial. The vertical beam of the cross rises behind them, anchoring the scene in the aftermath of the Crucifixion and the solemn beginning of Christ’s entombment.

The artwork reflects the Gospel accounts in which Jesus’ body is taken down after His death and entrusted to those who loved Him. The sorrow surrounding Him is not despair without meaning; it is the reverent mourning of those who witnessed the Lamb of God give His life for the sins of the world. This scene serves Christian Holy Week, Good Friday, Passion, funeral, and devotional themes with a strong focus on sacrifice, grief, redemption, and the cost of salvation.

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Barry Wingard

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Keywords	body of christ calvary crucifixion good friday Jesus lamentation passion
Secondary Keywords	burial of Jesus cross crown of thorns disciple entombment holy week mourning redemption sacrifice
Tertiary Keywords	burial cloth Christian devotion death of Christ Faithful women funeral ministry Passion narrative
Scriptures	John 19:25-30 John 19:38-42 Luke 23:50-56 Mark 15:42-47 Matthew 27:57-61 John 19 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19 38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. Luke 23 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid. 54 It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. 55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Mark 15 42 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. Matthew 27 57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

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