Matthew 27:59

And Joseph, taking the body, wrapped it in a clean finely-woven linen cloth,

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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 approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered the body to be released.

60and he placed it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and he went away.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53And taking him down, he wrapped him in a fine linen cloth, and he placed him in a tomb hewn from rock, in which no one had ever been placed.

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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