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Podcast: Journey through the Book of Mark
Episode: 192. A Secret Admirer – Mark 15:42-43
Description: When criminals were crucified, part of the humiliation was that their bodies weren’t buried. To lie unburied was a matter of great shame in the ancient world. Instead, the bodies of the victims of crucifixion were thrown out into the open among the rubbish, typically to be eaten by the dogs who scavenged among the rubbish heaps and the places of execution. But Jesus had a secret admirer, who decided that Jesus wouldn’t be dishonoured in this way.It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,43 Joseph of Arim...