Matthew 27:59

And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

58This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

60And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

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 →

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