Matthew 27:60
and laid it in his new sepulchre, that was excavated in a rock. And he rolled a great stone against the door of the sepulchre, and departed:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
59And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a winding-sheet of clean linen;
61And there were present Mary of Magdala, and the other Mary, who sat over against the grave.
Cross References
Matthew 27:66And they went and set a guard to the sepulchre, and sealed the stone.
Mark 16:3And they said among them. selves: Who will roll back for us the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
John 20:1And the first day of the week, in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalena came to the sepulchre: and she saw that the stone was removed from the grave.
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 →