Matthew 27:57-61 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

We have here an account of Christ's burial, and the manner and circumstances of it, concerning which observe, 1. The kindness and good will of his friends that laid him in the grave. 2. The malice and ill will of his enemies that were very solicitous to keep him there. I. His friends gave him a decent burial. Observe, 1. In general, that Jesus Christ was buried; when his precious soul was gone to paradise, his blessed body was deposited in the chambers of the grave, that he might answer the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:57-61

27:57-61 Late in the day there came a rich man from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen, and laid it in a new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone across the door of the tomb and went away. And Mary from Magdala was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. According to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:57

When the even was come ,.... The second evening, when it was just at sunset; at which time the Jewish sabbath began, and when the bodies of those that were crucified, must be taken down; and if not dead, their bones must be broken, and they dispatched, in order to be interred in the common burying place of malefactors: there came a rich man Arimathea : not from thence now, for he lived at Jerusalem; but this was the place of his nativity, or former abode, and from whence he originally... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:58

He went to Pilate ,.... To his house where he lived, and went in, as Mark says, Mark 15:43 , boldly; not being ashamed of Christ crucified, or afraid to own him, and show his respect to him as dead, though he knew he should incur the displeasure, reproach, and persecution of the Jews: and begged the body of Jesus ; which could not be taken down and interred, without the leave of the Roman governor; and which was generally granted to the friends of the deceased, when asked; otherwise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:59

And when Joseph had taken the body ,.... Down from the cross, with the assistance of others, or from the hands of those who had orders to deliver it to him: he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth : that is, he wound up the body in it round and round, as was the custom of the Jews; see Acts 5:6 . John 11:44 . Nor was it usual to bury in any thing but linen: so it is said F13 Juchasin, fol. 54. 2. Vid. Maimon. Hilchot Ebel, c. 4. sect. 2. , "let the wrappings, or grave clothes,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:60

And laid it in his own new tomb ,.... Christ was laid not in his own, but in another's tomb; for as in his lifetime he had not where to lay his head; so when he was dead, he had no sepulchre of his own to put his body in: and moreover, this shows that as he was born for others, and suffered and died not for himself, but them; so he was buried for them, as well as rose again for their justification: and it was a "new" tomb in which he was laid, in which none had been laid before; and was so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:61

And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary ,.... The wife of Cleophas, and the mother of James and of Joses: sitting over against the sepulchre ; observing where the body of Christ was put, and how it was laid; for they intended to prepare spices and ointments to anoint it with; and were mourning for the death of Christ: for sitting was a mourning posture, which now they were allowed, the body being taken down from the cross, and interred by leave of the governor; for, for one that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:57

When the even - This must have been about three o'clock, or a little after; for our Lord having expired about three o'clock, Matthew 27:46 , and the Jewish passover beginning about four, it was necessary that Joseph, who would not fail to eat the passover at the usual time, should have obtained and buried the body of Christ some time before four o'clock. But such was the general consternation, occasioned by the prodigies that took place on this most awful occasion, that we may safely... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:58

Begged the body - That he might bury it honorably otherwise, by the Jewish customs, he would have either been burned, or buried in the common place appointed for executed criminals. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:59

Wrapped it in a clean linen cloth - The Jews, as well as the Egyptians, added spices to keep the body from putrefaction, and the linen was wrapped about every part to keep the aromatics in contact with the flesh. From John 19:39 , John 19:40 , we learn that a mixture of myrrh and aloes of one hundred pounds' weight had been applied to the body of Jesus when he was buried. And that a second embalmment was intended, we learn from Luke 23:56 ; Luke 24:1 , as the hurry to get the body... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:57-61

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:57

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:59

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:60

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:61

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:57

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:58

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:59

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