This vault had never been used, which indicates that Joseph had recently moved from Arimathea * to Jerusalem and that he expected to use this property as his family burial site.
لِذَا عِنْدَمَا طَالَبَ بِجَسَدِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ،‏ « تَعَجَّبَ بِيلَاطُسُ أَنَّ [يَسُوعَ] قَدْ مَاتَ » .‏