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My <<fatal flaw>>... Being that serious, let me have a thorough look what you say, it is...
<<John states ... they LAID Him THERE, BECAUSE of the Jews' preparation, for the sepulchre was "nigh at hand.">>
<<...the fact that the sepulchre was "nigh at hand.">>
<<...difference a nearby sepulchre would make>>
<<...THIS time frame was RIGHT before the Sabbath ... and they LAID Him in a tomb that was "nigh at hand">>
<<...the simple fact that this Garden Sepulchre, was NIGH AT HAND to the crucifixion site.>>
<<...Why would John mention the "nigh at hand" unless it had a bearing on getting Yeshua LAID in the tomb PRIOR to the Sabbath starting, as it was the preparation of the Jews>>
Alright, my <<fatal flaw>> is exposed through John's mention in 19:42 of the clause, <<hoti engus ehn to mnehmeion>>, "because the tomb was near".
Do you accept my analysis so far? I'm a bit tired and want to first take a nap, if you don't mind...
I’ll not at this time argue your using this ‘argument’, at all; but that’s for later.
So…
Incidence and meanings
Figurative x13
In Paul x5— of “word”, “men”x2, “herbs”, “Lord”
In Hebrews x2— of “that which decayeth”, “salvation”
In Revelation x2— of “time”
In Gospels x3— of “summer”--“tribulation” Mk13:29; “Son of Man coming” Mt24:33; “kingdom” Lk21:30 cf. 19:11b ‘mellei’
In Gospels x1— of “my time” Mt26:18
Literal
Of time—
“summer” x3 Mt24:32 Mk13:28 Lk21:30
“passover” x3 Jn2:13; 6:4; 11:55
“tabernacles” Jn7:2
Topographical relativity—
“in Aenon near Salim” Jn3:23
“country near wilderness” Jn11:54
“Fair Havens near Crete and Lasea” Acts 27:8
Geographical relativity—
“he was near to Jerusalem” Lk19:11
“Bethany near Jerusalem” Jn11:18
“Lydda was near Joppa” Acts 9:38
Relative Distance—
“getting near the ship” Jn6:19
“came near the place where they ate” Jn6:23
“crucified near the city” Jn19:20
“away from Jerusalem about a Sabbath day’s journey” Acts 1:12
John 19:39-42, “Came Nicodemus who encountered him (Joseph) ‘At the First Night’ bearing an hundred pound weight of mixed myrrh and aloe. 40 They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in (more) sheets of linen with the spices as custom / ethics is with the Jews for to bury. Now there was in the place where He was crucified, a garden, and in the garden a new tomb wherein never yet anyone had been laid. There, therefore, because it was ready at hand, due to the preparation of the Jews, they laid Jesus.”
The tomb was new and prepared, never before used and ready and near for immediate use.
What crises can these circumstantial facts create for the equally real and realistic, and valid and historic, truth, <<
that a whole day had transpired from when Yeshua died, until He was LAID in the sepulchre>>? None! In fact, John wrote this detailed record to show just how prefectly everything worked out according to God’s plan and predestination of his Eternal Purpose through Jesus Christ the Lamb of Sacrifice of the Passover-of-Yahweh.
To summarise your in one paragraph six times repeated identical claim on one verse against me that you got to <<
the bottom of just exactly WHEN Yeshua was buried>>—
Verbosity!