Matthew 27:59

So taking the body Joseph wrapped it in clean 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 went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that the body be given.

60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb and left.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had ever been laid.

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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