Matthew 27:62
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
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61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Cross References
Matthew 26:17On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Mark 15:42Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:42And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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 →