A Lesson from the Grave Clothes

“And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.”

Mark 15:46

 Until a few weeks ago, this verse had always struck me to be a rather mundane detail tucked into the account of Christ’s death. But to the grieving hearts of those who loved Jesus, the grave clothes would have had a poignant significance.

That length of linen, purchased for the burial of One most dear,...