Luke 23:53

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.”

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BSBPD

“Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 23:53 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 53:9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
  2. Matthew 27:59So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
  3. Mark 15:46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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