The jolting question sits at the bottom of Good Friday, daring us to pause and consider it. Up until Joseph of Arimathea brought his request to Pilate, the disciples had made no burial plans. And how could they? They were still reeling, haunted by all they’d witnessed, scarcely able to believe it really happened. Only Joseph had the presence of mind to raise the very practical, very grisly matter of the Lord’s corpse and what to do with it.

No one wants to be the undertaker for a crucified Christ.