John 19:42

And so, because of its being the Preparation Day, and as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

Twentieth Century 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

41At the place where Jesus had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a newly-made tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40For, just as ‘Jonah was inside the sea-monster three days and three nights,’ so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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

John 19:41At the place where Jesus had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a newly-made tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

1 Corinthians 15:4that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold),

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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