John 19:42

Because it was the day of preparation for the Jews and because the tomb was close by, they laid Jesus in it.

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In The King James Version

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

In Context

41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden was a new tomb in which no person had yet been buried.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:15My strength has dried up like a piece of pottery; 1 my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. 1 You have laid me in the dust of death. 1

Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the big fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 19:20Many of the Jews read this sign because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The sign was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

John 19:41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden was a new tomb in which no person had yet been buried.

1 Corinthians 15:4that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures.

Matthew Henry on John 19:39-42

The Burial of Christ. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is… Read the whole commentary →

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