Only John tells us that Jesus was buried near the place of crucifixion, and that the tomb was in a garden.
Interesting. For it all began in a garden.
"Then the Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed."
Along the way, there was another garden too.
"Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley to where there was a garden into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place."
Now it all ends in a garden. For this garden is not just the garden of burial. It is the garden of the resurrection, the beginning of the glorious birth of all creation into its destiny.
Garden to garden. This is a miniature of our own lives - our births, our deaths ... and some gardens of Gethsemane along the way. We manage ... with the help of God, the help of others, and some grit of our own.
This time of prayer, with the Lord present, is a garden that awaits you every day.
- Little Black Book, Diocese of Saginaw