John 19:42

Because of the preparation of the Jews therefore, they laid Jesus there; for the sepulchre was just by.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

41And there was near the spot were he was crucified a garden and in the garden a new tomb, wherein no person had ever yet been laid.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

John 19:20This title then many of the Jews read: for the spot where Jesus was crucified was nigh unto the city: and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.

John 19:41And there was near the spot were he was crucified a garden and in the garden a new tomb, wherein no person had ever yet been laid.

1 Corinthians 15:4and that he was buried, and that he rose again 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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