Matthew 27:59

And Jauseph took the body, and wound it round in a cloth of pure linen,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58This went unto Pilatos, and begged the body of Jeshu. And Pilatos commanded that the body should be given to him.

60and laid it in a new house of burial of his own, which was hewn out in the rock. And they rolled a great stone, and heaved it against the door of the sepulchre, and went.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53and he took it down, and wrapped it in a cloth of linen, and laid it in a hewn sepulchre, in which no one had hitherto been laid.

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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