John 19:42

Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation for the Jewish Passover, and the tomb was close at hand, they put Jesus there.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.

John 19:20Many of the Jews read this notice, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was in three languages--Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

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

1 Corinthians 15:4that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with 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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