Matthew 27:59

So Ioseph tooke the body, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58He went to Pilate, and asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered.

60And put it in his new tombe, which he had hewen out in a rocke, and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.

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Cross References

Luke 23:53And tooke it downe, and wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and laide it in a tombe hewen out of a rocke, wherein was neuer man yet laide.

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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