Located just a short walk from the Old City's Damascus Gate, this lush garden contains ruins said to be the sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea ... The Garden Tomb is open to visitors Monday through ...
The tomb’s owner was Joseph of Arimathea the Rich, a member of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Council that had condemned Jesus. On ...
Saint Joseph of Arimathea was a prominent Jewish leader during the time ... anointed it with spices, and laid it in a new tomb that he owned. This disciple later traveled the world proclaiming the ...
Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded the Sanhedrin that Jesus had the right to a trial. Together with St. Joseph of Arimathea, he prepared Jesus' body and placed him in the tomb.