Core Insight:
According to Osho, Jesus’ ‘corpse’ was taken down and carried away by Joseph of Arimathea, with Nicodemus—both linked to the Essenes. Osho adds that Jesus was not dead but in deep swoon; these friends removed him from the cross, tended him in the tomb, and helped his recovery, turning the later ‘resurrection’ into a compassionate rescue rather than a miracle of death-defeat.