And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, they laid Jesus there, because the tomb was close by — The Preparation Day timing (paraskeue, the day before Sabbath) necessitates hasty burial before Sabbath's onset at sundown. The tomb's proximity permits rapid completion of burial rites before religious law forbids work. The burial's completion fulfills Isaiah 53:9 ("he made his grave with the wicked and the rich in his death"), though John emphasizes righteousness rather than irony. Jesus rests in a garden tomb, awaiting resurrection.

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