Where was Jesus buried? April 5, 2012 During Holy Week,
Christians remember the familiar story of Jesus’s death and
resurrection. But exactly where does that story take place? The
Bible offers only a few clues. “The Gospels weren’t really
written to record a history,” the Rev. Mark Morozowich, acting
dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the
Catholic University of America, told the PBS program Religion &
Ethics NewsWeekly. “They were written to provide a testimony of
faith.” According to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified at a
spot outside Jerusalem called Golgotha, which in Aramaic means
“place of the skull.” The Latin word for skull is “calvaria,”
and in English, many Christians refer to the site of the
crucifixion as Calvary. The Gospel of John says there was a
garden at Golgotha, and a tomb which had never been used. Since
the tomb was nearby, John says, that’s where Jesus’s body was
placed. The Gospel writers say the tomb was owned by a prominent
rich man, Joseph of Arimathea. They