53 And took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of a rock, wherein was never man yet laid.

54 And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath [a]drew on.

55 [b]And the women also that followed after, which came with him from Galilee, beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:54 Word for word, dawning, as now beginning, for the light of the former day drew toward the going down, and that was the day of preparation for the feast which was to be kept the day following.
  2. Luke 23:55 Christ, being set upon by the devil and all his instruments, and being even, in death’s mouth, setteth weak women in his foreward, minding straightways to triumph over those terrible enemies without any great endeavor.

53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day,(A) and the Sabbath was about to begin.

55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee(B) followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

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