Matthew 27:62
On the morrow, which was the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
61And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Cross References
Matthew 26:17On the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where dost thou wish that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
Mark 15:42And when the evening had come, because it was the preparation, which is the eve of the sabbath,
John 19:14it was the preparation for the passover, and about the third hour; and he said to the Jews, Behold your king!
John 19:42There, then, on account of the preparation-day of the Jews, they laid Jesus, for the tomb was near.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →