62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
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And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, …
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. 57-66)We have here an account of Christ’s burial, and the manner and circumstances of it, concerning which observe, 1. The kindness and good will of his friends that laid him in the grave. 2. The malice and ill will of his enemies that were very solicitous to keep him there. I. His friends gave him a decent burial. Observe, 1. In general, that Jesus Christ was buried; when his precious soul was gone to…
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