Mark 15:46

Death and loss

⁴⁴ And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

⁴⁵ And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

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.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

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
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.
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Matthew 27:59–60
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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Mark 16:3–4
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
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Isaiah 22:16
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?
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Luke 23:53
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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John 19:38–42
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.
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Matthew 28:2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
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