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Luke 23:53

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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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 23:50-56

We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Psa 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

wrapped it in linen in a sindon, or piece of fine white linen. Comp. Mar 14:51. Two other words, othonia(Joh 19:40) and soudarion(Joh 20:7), are used of the various cerements of Jesus. That Joseph…

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