Matthew 27:59

Joseph took the body and wrapped it up in a fresh 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

58went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.

60and placed it in his own new tomb, cut out of solid rock. He rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb, and left.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53Once he'd taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth. He laid Jesus in an unused tomb cut into the rock.

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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