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Matthew 27:60
60Then he put the body in a large hole in a rock. He had made the hole for his own body when he died. After he put Jesus' body there, he rolled a very big stone across the front of the hole to shut it. Then he went away.
Matthew 27:60 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- New International Version (NIV)and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Context of Matthew 27:60
58Joseph asked Pilate for the dead body of Jesus. Pilate told his soldiers to give Jesus' body to Joseph. 59So Joseph took Jesus' body. He put a clean piece of linen cloth around it. Then he put the body in a large hole in a rock. He had made the hole for his own body when he died. After he put Jesus' body there, he rolled a very big stone across the front of the hole to shut it. Then he went away. 61Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of James were there. They were sitting where they could see the hole in the rock where Joseph had put Jesus' body. 62The next day was the Jewish day of rest. The leaders of the priests and the Pharisees met together with Pilate.
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καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ καινῷ αὐτοῦ μνημείῳ ὃ ἐλατόμησεν ἐν τῇ πέτρᾳ, καὶ προσκυλίσας λίθον μέγαν τῇ θύρᾳ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπῆλθεν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- laidτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
- itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- tombμνημεῖονmnēmeion · graveG3419
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- he had hewn outλατομέωlatomeō · to hewG2998
- the rockπέτραpetra · rockG4073
- he rolledπροσκυλίωproskuliō · to roll beforeG4351
- aλίθοςlithos · stoneG3037
- greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
- to the doorθύραthura · doorG2374
- and departedἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
Cross-references for Matthew 27:60
- Isaiah 53:9They decided to bury him with wicked people. But his body was put in a rich man's grave. He had not done anything to hurt anyone. He had not told lies to deceive people.
- Matthew 27:66So the Jewish leaders and the soldiers went to the place where Joseph had put Jesus' body. They fixed the big stone that closed the front of the hole with a seal. Then they would know if someone had moved it. The soldiers stayed there to watch the place very carefully.
- Matthew 28:2At that moment, the ground moved about very strongly. One of the Lord God's angels came from heaven. He went to the rock. He rolled the big stone away from the hole and then he sat on top of it.
- Mark 16:3The women asked each other, ‘Who will roll away the heavy stone for us? It closes the hole in the rock where they put Jesus' dead body.’
- Luke 24:2They arrived there. They found that someone had rolled the big stone away from the hole.
- John 20:1Early on the first day of the week, Mary from Magdala went to the hole in the rock. It was still dark. She saw that someone had removed the big stone from the front of the hole.
Commentaries on Matthew 27:60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60Laid it in his own new tomb - To all human appearance the body of Christ must have had the same burial-place with those of the two robbers, as he was numbered with the transgressors, and suffered with them; for then he was a sacrifice, bearing the sin of the world in his own body on the tree; but now the sacrifice is offered, the atonement made and accepted, he is no longer to be enrolled with the transgressors, and, according to a prophecy delivered…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 60In his own new tomb - John says John 19:41 that this was in a garden that was “in” or “near” the place where he was crucified. This tomb Joseph had prepared for himself, as was not uncommon among the Jews. Compare the notes at Isaiah 22:16. In this tomb Luke and John inform us that no man had been laid. This was so ordered, in the providence of God, doubtless, that there might be no suspicion about his identity when he rose; that it might not be alleged…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-61Verses 57-61 In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his body, when he was dead. Our Lord Jesus, who had no sin of his own, had no grave of his own. The Jews designed that he should have made his grave with the wicked, should have been buried with the thieves with whom he was crucified, but God overruled it, so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 59-60Burial customs were important in Judaism, unlike the Greeks and Romans who cremated their dead. Jews considered leaving a body unburied to be a severe punishment (Deuteronomy 21:22–23; 2 Kings 9:37; Psalm 79:3; Jeremiah 16:4, 6; Ezekiel 29:5; Revelation 11:9). People mourned and lamented death (Mark 5:38–39). They washed the body (Acts 9:37). They anointed the body (Matt 26:6–13; John 12:3, 7; 19:39). And they wrapped the body in burial cloths (Matthew…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- 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
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