John 19:42

there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

Young's Literal Translation

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

41and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

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Cross References

Psalms 22:15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

Matthew 12:40for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

John 19:20this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

John 19:41and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

1 Corinthians 15:4and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

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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