Deuteronomy 21:22-23 required that anyone executed by hanging be buried the same day so as not to defile the land. According to Dr. Craig Evans, the Sanhedrin was specifically tasked with ensuring proper burial of executed persons in Jerusalem to maintain ritual purity — meaning even the enemies of Jesus had religious motivation to bury him promptly.
Why Skeptics Don't Think Jesus Was Buried But I Do： The Mark Series pt 67 (15_42-46)
00:19:00 – 00:22:00
Jewish law and Sanhedrin practice as evidence for burial; Deut. 21:22-23 and the purity argument
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