"And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man befor…" — Luke 23:53

Luke 23:53 · KJV

“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.”

— Luke 23:53

Verse 52

This {man} went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

Verse 54

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Luke 23 — Context

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) {he was} of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

This {man} went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

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.

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

Cross References

Matthew 27:59-60

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Mark 15:46

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.

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. {death: Heb. deaths}