KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Mark 15:46 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | And |
| “he bought” | ἀγοράσας | Properly, to go to market, i.e., (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem | bought |
| “fine linen,” | σινδόνα | Byssos, i.e., bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it) | fine linen |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “took down,” | καθελὼν | To lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively) | took down |
| “him” | αὐτὸν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | him |
| “and wrapped him in” | ἐνείλησεν | To enwrap | wrapped |
| “the” | τῇ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “linen,” | σινδόνι | Byssos, i.e., bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it) | linen |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “laid” | κατέθηκεν | To place down, i.e., deposit (literally or figuratively) | laid |
| “him” | αὐτὸν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | him |
| “in” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | in |
| “a sepulchre” | μνημείῳ | A remembrance, i.e., cenotaph (place of interment) | sepulchre |
| “which” | ὃ | The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that | which |
| “was” | ἦν | I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) | was |
| “hewn” | λελατομημένον | To quarry | hewn |
| “out of” | ἐκ | A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote) | out |
| “a rock,” | πέτρας | A (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively) | rock |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “rolled” | προσεκύλισεν | To roll towards, i.e., block against | rolled |
| “a stone” | λίθον | A stone (literally or figuratively) | stone |
| “unto” | ἐπὶ | Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc | unto |
| “the” | τὴν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “door” | θύραν | A portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively) | door |
| “of” | μνημείου | A remembrance, i.e., cenotaph (place of interment) | of |
| “the” | τοῦ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “sepulchre.” | μνημείου | A remembrance, i.e., cenotaph (place of interment) | sepulchre |
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44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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