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Matthew 27:59

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

KJV

καὶ λαβὼν τὸ σῶμα ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι καθαρᾷ,

Greek NT

Et accepto corpore, Joseph involvit illud in sindone munda,

Vulgate

And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

ASV

And Joseph taking the body wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JosephJosephJosephJoseph

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαρός
katharos
adjective · 26×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
σινδών
sindon
noun · 6×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἐντυλίσσω
entulisso
verb · 3×
Ἰωσήφ
ioseph
noun · 35×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὸ | RP: αὐτὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: + ἐν
  • αὐτὸSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸRobinson-Pierpont
  • + ἐνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages 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

  • 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.
  • 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.