John 19:42

So that is where they put Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, since the tomb was nearby.

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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 at the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the sea monster, so will the Son of the Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 19:20So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; further, it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin!

John 19:41Now at the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried.

1 Corinthians 15:4and that He was buried, and that He was raised on 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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