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In the Synoptic gospels you have Joseph of Arimathea being given the body of the dead Christ. Why would the body be given to a stranger and not back to Jesus's family? What do we know of the rights of the deceased in first century Roman rule?

by /u/PavidDagan in /r/AskHistorians

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