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.
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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.
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and toke it doune and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth and layed it in an hewen toumbe wherin was never man before layed.
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And tooke it downe, and wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and laide it in a tombe hewen out of a rocke, wherein was neuer man yet laide.
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- Matthew 27:59-60 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.
- Isaiah 53:9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
- Mark 15:46 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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it…
53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Ver. 53. See Mat 27:58-60.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 53. wrapped it in linen] in a sindon, or…
53. wrapped it in linen] in a sindon, or piece of fine white linen. Comp. Mar_14:51. Two other words, othonia (Joh_19:40) and soudarion (Joh_20:7), are used of the various cerements of Jesus. That Joseph bought this sindon, apparently on this day (Mar_15:46), is one of the many incidental signs furnished even by the Synoptists that the true Passover did not begin till the evening of the Friday on which our Lord was crucified. On the part taken by Nicodemus in the entombment, and the spices which he brought, see Joh_19:39-40. Both Joseph and Nicodemus in acting thus not only shewed great courage, but also great self-sacrifice; for the touching of a corpse made them ceremonially unclean, and thus prevented them from any share in the Paschal Feast.
in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone] This rock-hewn tomb (Matt., Mk., comp. Isa_22:16) was in a garden (comp. Jos. Antt. ix. 10, § 4; x. 3, § 2) adjoining the scene of the crucifixion, if not an actual part of it. Joh_19:41. “He made His grave with the rich,” Isa_53:9. The mouth of these rocky tombs was closed with a large stone, called by the Jews Golal., which could only be rolled there by the labour of several men (Joh_11:39).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (53) A sepulchre that was hewn in stone.—The descriptive…
(53) A sepulchre that was hewn in stone.—The descriptive word differs from that used by St. Matthew and St. Mark, as being slightly more technical, and implying a higher degree of finish.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he took it down, and wrapped it in…
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen. The last sad rites of love seem all to have been performed by friendly hands. Joseph and Nicodemus, and those with them, reverently took down the pierced and bleeding body; then, after the usual ablution, the sacred head was covered with the napkin, the soudarion (St. John), and the holy body was wrapped tenderly and carefully in broad bands of the finest linen, covered with thick layers of the costly aromatic preparation of which Nicodemus had laid up such ample store (St. John). This was to preserve the loved remains of the Master from any corruption which might set in before they could proceed with the process of embalming, which was delayed necessarily until after the sabbath and Passover day were passed. St. John adds, "as the manner of the Jews is to bury," probably marking the Jewish custom of embalming and thus preserving the body, as contrasted with burning, which was the Roman usage. And laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone. St. John tells us the sepulchre was in a garden. This seems not to have been an unusual practice with "the great" among the Jews. Josephus relates of Kings Uzziah and Manasseh that they were buried in their gardens ("Ant.," 9:10 and 10:3. 2). "He made his grave with the rich". (Isa_53:9) Wherein never man before was laid. St. John styles it "a new sepulchre." These details are given to show that the Lord"s sacred body was not brought into contact with corruption.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:53 The new tomb had probably been purchased by…
23:53 The new tomb had probably been purchased by Joseph as a family tomb.
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