Matthew 27:57

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:

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  • John 19:38-42 : 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body. 39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest. 41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put. 42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.
  • Mark 15:42-47 : 42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long. 45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body. 46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
  • Luke 23:50-56 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man 51 (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God: 52 This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it. 54 Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on. 55 And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest; 56 And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

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  • Mark 15:40-47
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    83%

    40 And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

    41 Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

    42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

    43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

    45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

    46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

    47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.

  • John 19:38-42
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    81%

    38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

    39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

    40 Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

    41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

    42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • Luke 23:49-55
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    49 And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things.

    50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

    51 (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

    52 This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.

    53 And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

    54 Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

    55 And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

  • Matt 27:58-62
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    58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

    59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,

    60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

    61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

    62 Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

  • Matt 27:54-56
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    54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

    55 And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.

    56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

  • Mark 14:17
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    17 And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • Matt 27:1
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    1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

  • Matt 28:1
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    1 Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

  • Mark 16:1
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    1 And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him.

  • John 6:16
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    16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

  • John 3:1
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    1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

  • Matt 28:13
    68%

    13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

  • Luke 3:24
    68%

    24 The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

  • Mark 6:29
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    29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

  • Luke 7:11
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    11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

  • John 7:50
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    50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

  • John 11:17
    67%

    17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • Acts 13:29
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    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

  • John 19:27
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    27 Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house.

  • Mark 14:51
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    51 And a certain young man went after him, with only a linen cloth about his body; and they put their hands on him;

  • John 4:5
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    5 So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

  • Mark 6:47
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    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

  • Luke 3:29
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    29 The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

  • John 20:1
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    1 Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

  • Matt 26:47
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    47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

  • Mark 11:19
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    19 And every evening he went out of the town.