John 19:42

There, then, on account of the preparation-day of the Jews, they laid Jesus, for the tomb was near.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

In Context

41Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 19:20Therefore many of the Jews read this superscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Hebrew and in Greek and in Latin.

John 19:41Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

1 Corinthians 15:4and that he was buried; and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures;

Matthew Henry on John 19:39-42

The Burial of Christ. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is… Read the whole commentary →

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