Matthew 27:62
And on the next day that is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
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61now Mary the Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
63saying, “Lord, we have remembered that this deceiver said while yet living, After three days I rise;
Cross References
Matthew 26:17And on the first [day] of the Unleavened [Bread] the disciples came near to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where will You [that] we may prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Mark 15:42And now evening having come, seeing it was the Preparation, that is, before Sabbath,
John 19:14and it was the Preparation of the Passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he says to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
John 19:42therefore, because the tomb was near, there they laid Jesus because of the Preparation of the Jews.
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 →