Parallel Verses New International Version Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, King James Bible And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Darby Bible Translation And Joseph having got the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, World English Bible Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Young's Literal Translation And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, Matthew 27:59 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWrapped it in a clean linen cloth - The Jews, as well as the Egyptians, added spices to keep the body from putrefaction, and the linen was wrapped about every part to keep the aromatics in contact with the flesh. From John 19:39, John 19:40, we learn that a mixture of myrrh and aloes of one hundred pounds' weight had been applied to the body of Jesus when he was buried. And that a second embalmment was intended, we learn from Luke 23:56; Luke 24:1, as the hurry to get the body interred before the Sabbath did not permit them to complete, the embalming in the first instance. See an account of the mode of embalming among the Egyptians, in the note on Genesis 50:2, Genesis 50:26 (note). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Library The Blind Watchers at the Cross'And sitting down they watched Him there.' --MATT. xxvii. 36. Our thoughts are, rightly, so absorbed by the central Figure in this great chapter that we pass by almost unnoticed the groups round the cross. And yet there are large lessons to be learned from each of them. These rude soldiers, four in number, as we infer from John's Gospel, had no doubt joined with their comrades in the coarse mockery which preceded the sad procession to Calvary; and then they had to do the rough work of the executioners, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Crucifixion The Eloi. Third Stage of Jewish Trial. Jesus Formally Condemned by the Sanhedrin and Led to Pilate. Cross References Isaiah 25:7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; Matthew 27:58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. Mark 15:46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. Luke 23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. Jump to Previous Body Clean Cloth Fine Folding Joseph Linen Sheet Shroud WrappedJump to Next Body Clean Cloth Fine Folding Joseph Linen Sheet Shroud WrappedLinks Matthew 27:59 NIVMatthew 27:59 NLT Matthew 27:59 ESV Matthew 27:59 NASB Matthew 27:59 KJV Matthew 27:59 Bible Apps Matthew 27:59 Biblia Paralela Matthew 27:59 Chinese Bible Matthew 27:59 French Bible Matthew 27:59 German Bible Matthew 27:59 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |