When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
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When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
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And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they toke him doune from the tree and put him in a sepulcre.
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And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they tooke him downe from the tree, and put him in a sepulchre.
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- Luke 23:53 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
- John 19:28 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
- John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- Matthew 27:57-60 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came. This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
- Mark 15:45-46 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
- Luke 24:44 He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- John 19:36-42 For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.” Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.” After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body. Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds. So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid. Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
- Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Luke 18:31-33 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed. For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on. They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
- Acts 2:23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
- Acts 4:28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
- Acts 13:27 For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 29. When they had fulfilled all things; to wit,…
29. When they had fulfilled all things; to wit, which it pleased God should be done by them. For they did so handle Christ that there was nothing of the prophecies of the Scripture left unfulfilled. By this means is the stumbling-block (which the understanding of the flesh conceiveth by reason of the ignominy of the cross) taken away, that the Son of God was not laid open to the furious fury of the wicked; but he obeyed his fathers decree. Furthermore, it doth also in Scripture appear what condition was appointed for him in times past. Whereas he saith that Christ was buried by the same which had slain him, it seemeth contrary to the history of the gospel; but it may be that Luke did take the word buried indefinitely. And if it please you to refer it unto the same, it shall be synecdoche. For he was buried with Pilate’s leave; and at the appointment and pleasure of the priests there were watchmen set to watch the grave. Therefore, though Joseph and Nicodemus did bury Christ, (Matthew 27:57,) that is ascribed improperly, and yet not absurdly, to the Jews; because it is not Paul’s drift in this place to commend the good deed, but to prove Christ’s resurrection; because God took him out of the grave whom his enemies had shut up there. Therefore he giveth us to understand that the body of Christ was not taken thence privily or by stealth, but that it was laid in a place both famous and known to the adversaries; and so, consequently, that even they were set to watch it; and yet for all this it was not found: whence we may gather the certainty of the resurrection.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was…
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Ver. 29. And when they had fulfilled] Though no thank to them, no excuse to their wickedness. Divinum consilium dum devitatur, impletur. But whereas all is fulfilled that was foretold, that plainly proves that Jesus was the Christ, and that our redemption by Christ was a plot of God’s own laying.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All that was written of him; as the giving…
All that was written of him; as the giving him vinegar to drink, piercing his side, &c, Psa 69:21; Joh 19:28-30.
From the tree: see Act 5:30.
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They laid him in a sepulchre; Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, Mat 27:60; Joh 19:39.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And we declare unto you glad tidings,.... The whole…
And we declare unto you glad tidings,.... The whole of the Gospel, concerning the incarnation, obedience, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and the benefits arising from thence, as peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation; all which are good news and glad tidings to sensible sinners; and which are declared and published by the ministers of the Gospel, according to the commission given them, as here by Paul and Barnabas:
how that the promise which was made unto the fathers; not barely and solely that which respects the resurrection of Christ, but the mission of him, the exhibition of him in human nature, his incarnation, his work and business he was to do, namely, to obtain salvation for his people; it chiefly regards the promise of his coming into the world to do the will of God, which promise was made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah, Gen 22:18.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They fulfilled all things that were written of him…
They fulfilled all things that were written of him - So far could they go, but no farther.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. They took him down from the tree]…
Verse 29. They took him down from the tree] The apostle passes rapidly over several circumstances of his death, that he might establish the fact of his resurrection.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They took him down ... - That is, it…
They took him down ... - That is, it was done by the Jews. Not that it was done by those who put him to death, but by Joseph of Arimathea, and by Nicodemus, who were Jews. Paul is speaking of what was done to Jesus by the Jews at Jerusalem; and he does not affirm that the same persons put him to death and laid him in a tomb, but that all this was done by Jews. See Joh 19:38-39.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they took him down . . . and laid…
they took him down . . . and laid him in a sepulchre--Though the burial of Christ was an act of honor and love to Him by the disciples to whom the body was committed, yet since His enemies looked after it and obtained a guard of soldiers to keep watch over it as the remains of their own victim, the apostle regards this as the last manifestation on their part of enmity to the Saviour, that they might see how God laughed all their precautions to scorn by "raising Him from the dead."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Fulfilled all… written of him—And so by their…
29. Fulfilled all… written of him—And so by their very slaying him demonstrated his Messiahship.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. all that was written of him] The Greek…
29. all that was written of him] The Greek is rather more full, “all the things which were written of him,” meaning the various prophecies which received their fulfilment in the betrayal, harsh treatment, and the other circumstances that attended on the death of Jesus.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) When they had fulfilled all that was written…
(29) When they had fulfilled all that was written of him.—The words are suggestive of much that lies below the surface. St. Paul, also, had studied in the same school of prophetic interpretation as the writers of the Gospels, and saw as they did, in all the details of the Crucifixion, the fulfilment of that which had been written beforehand, it might be, of other sufferers, but which was to find its highest fulfilment in the Christ.
They took him down from the tree.—In the brief summary which St. Paul gives, it was apparently deemed unnecessary to state the fact that our Lord was taken down from the cross and laid in the sepulchre by those who were secretly disciples, like Joseph and Nicodemus. It was enough that they too were among the rulers of the Jews, and that they, in what they did, were acting without any expectation of the Resurrection. On the use of the word “tree” for the cross, see Note on Act_5:30.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All things that were for all that was, A.V.;…
All things that were for all that was, A.V.; tomb for sepulcher, A.V. The reference is to his being crucified between two thieves, (Luk_23:32, Luk_23:33) to parting his raiment among them (ibid. 34) to offering him vinegar (ibid. 36), to the commendation of his spirit to his Father (ibid. 46). The words kaqelontev and eqhkan eijv mnhmeion are the same as Luk_23:53, 55 (mnhma and mnhmeion being interchanged).
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes one verse 27
See notes one verse 27
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