42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: …
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, 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. …
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: …
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day,(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-47)We are here attending the funeral of our Lord Jesus, a solemn, mournful funeral. O that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Observe, I. How the body of Christ was begged . It was, as the dead bodies of malefactors are, at the disposal of the government. Those that hurried him to the cross, designed that he should make his grave with the wicked ; but God designed he should make it wit…
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