Matthew 27
[57] When the even was come, there came a rich man of
Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
[58] He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
[59] And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth,
[60] And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out
in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the
sepulchre, and departed.
[61] And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary,
sitting over against the sepulchre.
[62] Now the next day, that followed the day of the
preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto
Pilate,
[63] Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said,
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
[64] Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure
until the third day,lest his disciples come by night, and steal
him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so
the last error shall be worse than the first.
Blake distinguishes between the individual's physical body and his
spiritual body. It was Jesus' physical body which was removed from
the cross and placed in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. Blake
pictures a strange ethereal light within the tomb as the angels
watch over the physical body of Jesus. In the Four Zoas Blake
states that Los and Enitharmon were "Terrified at Non Existence
For such they deemd the death of the body." For Jesus there was no
such fear for he knew himself to be an Eternal Spirit.
Blake tells us that it is not the crucified Jesus lying
entombed in a sepulcher who has the power to give Life, but it is
the Jesus who stands beside us as we are called from the grave.
Four Zoas, Night IX, PAGE 117, (E 386)
"And Los & Enitharmon builded Jerusalem weeping
Over the Sepulcher & over the Crucified body
Which to their Phantom Eyes appear'd still in the Sepulcher
But Jesus stood beside them in the Spirit Separating
Their Spirit from their body. Terrified at Non Existence
For such they deemd the death of the body. Los his vegetable hands
Outstretchd his right hand branching out in fibrous Strength
Siezd the Sun. His left hand like dark roots coverd the Moon
And tore them down cracking the heavens across from immense to immense
Then fell the fires of Eternity with loud & shrill
Sound of Loud Trumpet thundering along from heaven to heaven
A mighty sound articulate Awake ye dead & come
To judgment from the four winds Awake & Come away
Folding like scrolls of the Enormous volume of Heaven & Earth
With thunderous noise & dreadful shakings rocking to & fro
The heavens are shaken & the Earth removed from its place
The foundations of the Eternal hills discoverd
The thrones of Kings are shaken they have lost their robes & crowns
The poor smite their opressors they awake up to the harvest
The naked warriors rush together down to the sea shore
Trembling before the multitudes of slaves now set at liberty
They are become like wintry flocks like forests stripd of leaves
The opressed pursue like the wind there is no room for escape
The Spectre of Enitharmon let loose on the troubled deep
Waild shrill in the confusion & the Spectre of Urthona
PAGE 118 (IX 26-66)
Recievd her in the darkning South their bodies lost they stood
Trembling & weak a faint embrace a fierce desire as when
Two shadows mingle on a wall they wail & shadowy tears
Fell down & shadowy forms of joy mixd with despair & grief
Their bodies buried in the ruins of the Universe
Mingled with the confusion. Who shall call them from the Grave"
Luke 24[1] Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
[2] And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
[3] And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
[4] And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
[5] And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
[6] He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
[7] Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
[8] And they remembered his words
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