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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.

KJV

καὶ καθελὼν ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι, καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδεὶς οὐδέπω κείμενος.

Greek NT

et depositum involvit sindone, et posuit eum in monumento exciso, in quo nondum quisquam positus fuerat.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαιρέω
kathaireo
verb · 9×
κεῖμαι
keimai
verb · 23×
λαξευτός
laxeutos
adjective · 1×
μνῆμα
mnema
noun · 10×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδέπω
oudepo
adverb · 5×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗ
ou
adverb · 24×
σινδών
sindon
noun · 6×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντυλίσσω
entulisso
verb · 3×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καθελὼν | WH/Treg/NIV: καθελὼν | RP: + αὐτὸ
  • καθελὼνSBLGNT
  • καθελὼνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτὸRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NA: αὐτὸν | NIV/RP: αὐτὸ
  • αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • αὐτὸReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: οὐδεὶς οὔπω | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐδεὶς οὔπω | RP: οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς
  • οὐδεὶς οὔπωSBLGNT
  • οὐδεὶς οὔπωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὐδέπω οὐδεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. Why was he buried? A. His burial testifies that he really died.

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:29 — And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
  • Isa 53:9 — And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
  • John 19:41 — Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
  • Mark 14:8 — She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
  • Mark 15:46 — 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.
  • Matt 27:59 — And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,