Matthew 27:62
Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
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61And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
Cross References
Matthew 26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?
Mark 15:42And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
John 19:14(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
John 19:42So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place 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 →