They took the body of Jesus down from the cross, and laid Him in a tomb, which had been hewn out of the rock

“Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear...” – From an ancient homily on Holy Saturday from today’s Office of Readings