New English Translation
Mark 15:46
46After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.
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. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. 45When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
Read all of Mark 15Mark 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 27:59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
- Luke 23:53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.
- John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.
- Isaiah 53:9They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.
- Isaiah 22:16‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.
- Mark 16:3They had been asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
- Matthew 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
- Matthew 28:2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
- John 11:38Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across 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
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
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- 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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