John 19:42

There therefore they laid Jesus, because of the Jews preparation-day; for the sepulchre was near.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

41Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which none had ever yet been laid.

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Cross References

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 19:20Many of the Jews therefore read this inscription; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

John 19:41Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which none had ever yet been 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 →

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