The Garden
“Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand” (John 19:41-42).
The last time Jesus was in a garden it was a time of intense mental suffering and agony, in the garden of Gethsemane. “Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy” (Matthew 26:36).
In these verses we see Him in a garden of rest. All is over now. Judgment is done, the price of sin is paid for. The Lord’s body was laid to rest by loving hands. Is this it? For the disciples it was. But through the Word we know that it was not. Something wonderful and very marvellous was about to take place. The power of death was about to be broken, Jesus was about to rise from the dead. What a triumph! What a Saviour! Praise and worship Him again today!
