KJV King James Version
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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John 19:42
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
WEB World English Bible
Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
ASV American Standard Version
There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.
Surrounding context — John 19
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight].
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
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.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐκεῖG1563 · ekeithereοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρασκευὴνG3904 · paraskeuēPreparationτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίων,G2453 · IoudaiosJewὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐγγὺςG1451 · engusnearἦνG1510 · eimito beτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoμνημεῖον,G3419 · mnēmeiongraveἔθηκανG5087 · tithēmito placeτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦν.¶G2424 · IēsousJesus
Cross-references
John 19:14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.Isaiah 53:9And 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 19:41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.Matthew 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.Colossians 2:12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.1 Corinthians 15:4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:Acts 13:29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a sepulchre.John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin.Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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