Luke 23:53 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:53

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

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ASV

And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Nor without meaning has one Evangelist spoken of a new tomb, another of the tomb of Joseph. For the grave is prepared by those who are under the law of death; the Conqueror of death has no grave of His own. For what fellowship hath God with the grave. He alone is enclosed in this tomb, because the death of Christ, although it was common according to the nature of the body, yet was it peculiar in respect of power. But Christ is rightly buried in the tomb of the just, that He may rest in the habitation of justice.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he took it down,.... From the cross, with the help of others, having obtained leave of Pilate so to do; and wrapped it in linen; as was the custom of the Jews in burying their dead; See Gill on Mat 27:59. and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone; cut out of a rock; See Gill on Mat 27:60. wherein never man before was laid; so that it could not be said it was another body, and not that of Christ's, that was raised from the dead.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We know nothing of Joseph except what is here told us. In no part of the Acts or Epistles, do we find any mention of his name. At no former period of our Lord's ministry, does he ever come forward. We cannot explain his reason for not openly joining the disciples before this time. But here, at the eleventh hour, this man is not afraid to show himself to be one of our Lord's friends. At the very time when the apostles had forsaken Jesus — Joseph is not ashamed to show his love and respect.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
καθελὼν	kathelōn	having taken down	G2507 →
ἐνετύλιξεν	enetulixen	he wrapped	G1794 →
αὐτὸ	auto	it	G846 →
σινδόνι	sindoni	in a linen cloth	G4616 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔθηκεν	ethēken	placed	G5087 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
μνήματι	mnēmati	a tomb	G3418 →
λαξευτῷ	laxeutō	cut in a rock	G2991 →
οὗ	hou	in which	G3757 →
οὐκ	ouk	no	G3756 →
ἦν	ēn	were	G1510 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	no [one]	G3762 →
οὔπω	oupō	not yet	G3768 →
κείμενος.¶	keimenos	laid.	G2749 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 53:9
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:22
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Matthew 27:57–60
  When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
- Mark 15:43–46
  Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
- 1 John 3:5
  But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
Mark 15:46
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled…
leads to
- Isaiah 53:9
  He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Matthew 27:59–60
  So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
- Mark 16:3–4
  They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke