46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, …
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? …
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Commentary
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…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.