Matthew 27:62
The next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate
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In Context
61And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
Cross References
Matthew 26:17Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus saying to Him, “Where do you want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Mark 15:42Now when evening had come, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
John 19:14(now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; the hour was about six a.m.), and he says to the Jews, “Look at your king!”
John 19:42So that is where they put Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, since the tomb was nearby.
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 →