In the Burial of Jesus , Joseph places the body of Jesus in his own Tomb .
This version suggests a more honourable burial : Joseph wraps the body in a clean shroud and places it in his own tomb , and word used is soma ( body ) rather than ptoma ( corpse ) .Donald Senior , The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew ( Liturgical Press , 1990 ) page 151-2 .
Burial of Jesus