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Matthew 27:59

Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a clene lynnyn clooth

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    So Ioseph tooke the body, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he…

59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Ver. 59. He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth] "Which he had bought new for the purpose," saith St Mark, Mar 15:46, to his no small cost; for linen in those days was precious, so that a handkerchief among even the Roman rioters was a rich token, as appears out of the poet. {a} Neither did this rich man lose his money; for he is and shall be famous for it to the world’s end; though everybody be not at leisure to do as Paleottus, Archbishop of Bonony, did, who wrote a large book on the shadow of Christ’s body in Joseph’s new syndon; {b} which was also commented upon by the Professor of Divinity there.

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{a} Nam sudaria setaba ex Iberis miserunt mihi muneri Fabulus et Veranius. Catul.

{b} A piece of this fabric used for various purposes: As a shroud, spec. that in which the body of Christ was wrapped. ŒD

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And laid it in his own new tomb,.... Christ…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 59. Wrapped it in a clean linen cloth]…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain “He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.” John…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Wrapt it up. Behold with admiration the courage and…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 59. A clean linen cloth — A large square…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 59. linen cloth] Sindon, or fine linen.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (59) A clean linen cloth.—The word for “linen cloth,”…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When Joseph had taken the body. In order to…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 59. Joseph took the body. Carefully down from the…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 a fine, costly cloth
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:59-60 Burial customs were important in Judaism, especially in…

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