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While there are variations in the details, the accounts consistently describe how Christ was buried in a rock-cut tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy Jewish follower of Jesus.

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Within the Holy Sepulchre complex lie several ancient tombs, including one attributed by Christian belief to Joseph of Arimathea, who is traditionally held to have offered Jesus his own burial space.

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There is, however, no way that the Garden Tomb is the tomb of Jesus. The Gospels suggest that Jesus was laid in a newly constructed tomb made for Joseph of Arimathea (Matt. 27:57-60).

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AFP via Getty Images The uncovered marble tombs have a lot to do with Joseph of Arimathea — the biblical figure Christians believe gifted Jesus his burial plot, as explained by the Times of Israel.