Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
- NASB Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
- NLT The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.
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Jesus is laid in a new, unused tomb in a nearby garden. The fresh tomb guards against any confusion about the resurrection.
Overview
The new tomb, where no one had been laid, ensures that the one who rises can only be Jesus, leaving no room for mistaken identity. The garden setting subtly echoes Eden, where death entered; here, in a garden, death will be undone. The detail also fulfills the honor due the Messiah in his burial.
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Cross-references · 6
- Matt 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- Luke 23:53Then 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.
- John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
- Isa 22:16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Matt 27:64–66So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
- 2 Kgs 23:30From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
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