MATTHEW 27:59

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Matthew 27:59 Translation & Meaning

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And when καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And when
Joseph Ἰωσὴφ Joseph, the name of seven Israelites Joseph
had taken λαβὼν To take. While G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove. taken
the τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
body, σῶμα The body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively body
he wrapped in ἐνετύλιξεν To entwine, i.e., wind up in wrapped
it αὐτὸ 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 it
a clean καθαρᾷ Clean (literally or figuratively) clean
linen cloth, σινδόνι Byssos, i.e., bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it) linen cloth

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  • 57  When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

  • 58  He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

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

  • 60  And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

  • 61  And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.




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