Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
Parallel translations
- WEB The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.
- KJV And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
- NKJV And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.
- NASB The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
- NLT Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him.
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Quick answer
The young men quickly wrap and bury Ananias. His death is real and final, underscoring the seriousness of the judgment.
Overview
The swift burial, customary in that climate, marks the finality of God's act. The matter-of-fact narration heightens the solemnity of the scene rather than softening it. The church does not protest the judgment but accepts that the Lord has spoken through these events.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- John 19:40So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
- 2 Sam 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
- Lev 10:4–6Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
- Deut 21:23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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