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31linen — Cloth made from flax which grew well in the low, hot areas of the Jordan valley. Fine woven cloth was a luxury (Judg. 14:12–13), and was much sought after by the wealthy (Luke 16:19). Because of its quality, linen was used for the tabernacle… …
32tombs — Jewish dead were always buried, and skeletons of the 1st cent. CE of crucified victims have been discovered in a cemetery in Jerusalem. If burial took place in a grave, it would be covered with stones after the interment. Larger tombs, or… …
33Jesus Christ — (c. 4 bc–c. ad 30) Founder of Christianity. Jesus’s life is known only from the accounts given in the Four Gospels. According to St luke and St matthew, he was born in Bethlehem of mary, who was at the time betrothed but not married to… …
34Nicodemus — (first century) Disciple. Nicodemus was a member of the Jewish Council who came to visit Jesus in secret. According to Chapter 3 of the Fourth Gospel, this encounter prompted Jesus’s famous discourse on spiritual rebirth. Later Nicodemus… …
35Holy Grail — /hoʊli ˈgreɪl/ (say hohlee grayl) noun 1. Also, Sangraal. (in medieval legend) a cup or chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathaea received the last drops of Jesus blood at the cross; subsequently sought by many… …
36Arimathea — or Arimathaea [ar΄ə mə thē′ə] town in ancient Palestine, possibly in Samaria …
37Glastonbury — /glas teuhn ber ee/; for 1 also /glas teuhn beuh ree/; for 2 also /glas euhn ber ee/, n. 1. a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and… …
