Inner Burial, Inner Dawn

John 19:38-42 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read John 19 in context

Scripture Focus

38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
John 19:38-42

Biblical Context

Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus quietly bury Jesus’ body, wrapping him with linen and spices, and lay him in a new tomb near the garden. Their act mirrors a conscious release of the old self and a preparation for a new alignment with the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, the tale is not about a place in history but about the inner act of burial and release. Joseph and Nicodemus represent two currents of consciousness: the one that hides in fear and the one that loves enough to act. Their secret approach to the body corresponds to the way we carry wounded stories within us until we decide to release them into a tomb of quiet, deliberate attention. The garden is your mental field, and the tomb is the cleared space where yesterday’s meaning is laid to rest. The spices and linen signify intention and value—the meaning you give to what you bury. When you imagine laying the body in a new sepulchre, you are practicing forgiveness and reconciliation, not performing a ritual for another. The act signals that salvation begins in your own imagination: as you free the old narrative, you create room for a fuller life, guided by the I AM. Mercy is the grain you scatter in the soil of consciousness, and redemption follows as a natural harvest.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life' here and now. Visualize Joseph and Nicodemus as two inner dispositions carrying the old story to a quiet garden tomb in your mind, then feel a fresh, fearless self rise as you release the past.

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