Mark 15:46

44 Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

45 When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
ASV
And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
DARBY
And having bought fine linen, [and] having taken him down, he swathed him in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
BLB
And having bought a linen cloth, having taken Him down, he wrapped [Him] in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb that was cut out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.
ÅB
Og Josef kjøpte fint linklede og tok ham ned og svøpte ham i linkledet og la ham i en grav som var uthugget i klippen, og veltet en stein for døren til graven.
OTB
Josef kjøpte et linklede, tok Ham ned, svøpte Ham i linkledet og la Ham i en grav som var hogd ut i fjellet. Han rullet en stein foran inngangen til graven.
B1930
Og Josef kjøpte fint linklæde og tok ham ned og svøpte ham i linklædet og la ham i en grav som var uthugget i klippen, og veltet en sten for døren til graven.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 53:9

    He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

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  • Matthew 27:59–60

    So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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  • John 11:38

    Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

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  • Mark 16:3–4

    They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

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  • Isaiah 22:16

    What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

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  • Luke 23:53

    Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

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  • John 19:38–42

    Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

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  • Matthew 28:2

    Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

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