Mark 15:46

Mark 15:46 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Context of Mark 15:46

44Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had already died. 45When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph. After he bought some linen cloth, Joseph took him down and wrapped him in the linen. Then he laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he was laid.

Mark 15:46 word by word

καὶ ἀγοράσας σινδόνα, καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he boughtἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• fine linenσινδώνsindōn · linenG4616
• tookκαθαιρέωkathaireō · to take downG2507
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and wrapped him inἐνειλέωeneileō · to enwrapG1750
• the linenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• laidκατατίθημιkatatithēmi · to attainG2698
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• a sepulchreμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• hewnλατομέωlatomeō · to hewG2998
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• a rockπέτραpetra · rockG4073
• rolledπροσκυλίωproskuliō · to roll beforeG4351
• a stoneλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the doorθύραthura · doorG2374

Cross-references for Mark 15:46

• Matthew 27:59So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen,
• Luke 23:53Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.
• John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus — but secretly because of his fear of the Jews — asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’s body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away.
• Isaiah 53:9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully.
• Isaiah 22:16What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock?
• Mark 16:3They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”
• Matthew 27:60and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.
• Matthew 28:2There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.
• John 11:38Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

Commentaries on Mark 15:46

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-47Verses 42-47 We are here attending the burial of our Lord Jesus. Oh that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Joseph of Arimathea was one who waited for the kingdom of God. Those who hope for a share in its privileges, must own Christ's cause, when it seems to be crushed. This man God raised up for his service. There was a special providence, that Pilate should be so strict in his inquiry, that there might be no pretence to say Jesus was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 46Joseph prepared the body of Jesus for burial and laid it in his own tomb (see Matthew 27:60).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:46

• Embalming
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Linen
• Stones
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Burial
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• Linen
• Release
• Resurrection of Christ

Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings