John 19:42
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nigh at hand.
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Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.
Matthew 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
John 19:41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb, wherein was never man yet 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 →