John 19:42

Here, because of its being Preparation Day, and as the tomb was near by, they placed Jesus.

Montgomery 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

41There was a garden near the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea- monster’s belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 19:20This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

John 19:41There was a garden near the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

1 Corinthians 15:4that he was buried, and that he was raised 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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