“约瑟买了细麻布，把耶稣取下来，用细麻布裹好，安放在磐石中凿出来的坟墓里。又滚过一块石头来挡住墓门。” - 可 15:46
这个故事告诉我们，三个女人—抹大拉的马利亚、另一个马利亚和撒罗米—以及其他“好些妇女”一直在远处观看耶稣受难。似乎其中两个妇女也跟着看到了祂被埋葬。
我们可能会想“她们目睹这一切是什么感觉？她们在想什么，有何感受？”这些人和其他许多人曾与耶稣在一起，并在祂教导和传道时跟随祂穿过加利利。现在他们看到了祂的苦难，他的受死，以及祂被葬在坟墓里。我们已经知道百夫长说了什么（可15:39），我们也知道亚利马太的约瑟大胆而善良的行动，但那些在远处观看的人呢？
也许这就是问题的关键。对于所有从远处见证耶稣故事的人—比如今天的我们—我们对祂有什么看法？在两千年的距离中，我们跟随耶稣走过了加利利，听到了祂的教导，看到了祂的医治，现在我们观看了祂的受死和埋葬。
这一切对你有什么影响？你的反应是什么？
我们对耶稣的反应是这个故事的一个重要部份。
祷告
耶稣，把我们拉进这个故事，让我们像百夫长那样回应你，像约瑟那样尊敬你。既然我们像许多人一样从远处观看，就请拉我们靠近，让我们看到你是神的儿子。阿们。
马可福音 15:40-47
40还有些妇女远远地观看，内中有抹大拉的马利亚，又有小雅各和约西的母亲马利亚，并有撒罗米，
41就是耶稣在加利利的时候，跟随他、服侍他的那些人；还有同耶稣上耶路撒冷的好些妇女在那里观看。
42到了晚上，因为这是预备日，就是安息日的前一日，
43有亚利马太的约瑟前来，他是尊贵的议士，也是等候神国的。他放胆进去见彼拉多，求耶稣的身体。
44彼拉多诧异耶稣已经死了，便叫百夫长来，问他耶稣死了久不久。
45既从百夫长得知实情，就把耶稣的尸首赐给约瑟。
46约瑟买了细麻布，把耶稣取下来，用细麻布裹好，安放在磐石中凿出来的坟墓里，又滚过一块石头来挡住墓门。
47抹大拉的马利亚和约西的母亲马利亚都看见安放他的地方。
Laid In The Tomb
“Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.” - Mark 15:46
This story tells us that three women—Mary Magdalene, another Mary, and Salome—and also “many other women” had been watching the crucifixion from a distance. It seems that two of them also followed to see his burial.
And we might wonder, “What was it like for them to witness all this? What were they thinking and feeling?” These people and many others had been with Jesus and had followed him through Galilee as he taught and preached. And now they had seen his suffering, his death, and his burial in a tomb. We have been told what the centurion said (Mark 15:39), and we are told of the bold and kind action of Joseph of Arimathea, but what about the people who watched from a distance?
Maybe that’s the point. For all who witness the story of Jesus from a distance—like us today—what do we think about him? From a distance of 2,000 years we have followed Jesus through Galilee, heard his teachings, and seen his healings—and now we have observed his death and burial.
How has all this affected you? What is your reaction?
Our response to Jesus is a big part of the story.
Prayer
Jesus, pull us into this story to respond to you as the centurion did and to honor you as Joseph did. And since we are like the many people who watched from a distance, draw us close enough to see you as the Son of God. Amen.
