ABSTRACT
Accounts in the Gospels provide some information on the treatment that was reserved for the body of Jesus after death. These particulars and above all some omissions reveal a certain embarrassment in recounting both the inglorious end to Jesus’ life and the dishonourable treatment accorded to his corpse, which had to comply with the provisions for those condemned to death. Rereading these texts in the light of Jewish law, without ignoring the apologetic intent of the evangelists, reveals a deliberate attempt to ennoble the accounts of the ignominious burial of the Nazarene.
