Matthew 27:59

And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

In Context

58This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

60And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

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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