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In the story of Jesus' death and resurrection, he is buried in a tomb that has a stone door, which is "rolled away" after the third day. Would this have been the normal interment of a crucified corpse (lemmy.world)
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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

IIRC, it was not usual, but they didn't want hanging corpse decorations for the holiday/festival... and they were worried one might steal the body and claim resurrection.