Luke 23:53

He took it down, wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

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And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

In Context

52This man, approaching Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus.

54It was the Day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:9They placed his grave with the criminals, with a rich man in his death, 1 although he had done no violence, nor had there been any deceit in his mouth. 1

Mark 15:46Joseph had bought a linen cloth. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:51-56

The Burial of Christ. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath… Read the whole commentary →

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