Luke 23:53

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was cut out of stone, where no one had ever lain before.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ καθελὼν αὐτὸ, ἐνετύλιξεν αὐτὸ σινδόνι, καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ, οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς κείμενος.

Transliteration

And kathelōn it, enetyliksен it in-sindoni, and ethēken it in mnēmati lakseutō, where not ēn oudepō oudeis keimenos.

Grammar Details

• *kathelōn*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having taken down
• *enetyliksen*: aorist, 3rd singular - wrapped
• *sindoni*: dative, feminine, singular - linen cloth
• *ethēken*: aorist, 3rd singular - placed/laid
• *mnēmati*: dative, neuter, singular - tomb/memorial
• *lakseutō*: dative, neuter, singular - hewn in rock
• *ēn*: imperfect, 3rd singular - was
• *oudepō*: adverb - not yet
• *oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular - no one/nobody
• *keimenos*: present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - lying/being laid

Word Meanings

• *kathelōn*: having taken down/having lowered/having removed
• *enetyliksen*: wrapped/enfolded/wound around
• *sindoni*: linen cloth/fine linen/shroud
• *mnēmati*: tomb/grave/memorial
• *lakseutō*: hewn in rock/cut from stone
• *keimenos*: lying/being laid/placed/resting

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and toke it doune and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth and layed it in an hewen toumbe wherin was never man before layed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the toke him downe, wrapped him in a lynnen cloth, and layed him in a hewen sepulcre, wherin neuer man was layed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And tooke it downe, & wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and laide it in a tombe hewen out of a rocke, wherein was neuer man yet laide.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And toke it downe, and wrapped it in a linnen cloth, and layde it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone, wherin neuer man before was layde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 53:9 : 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth.
• Matt 27:59-60 : 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
• Mark 15:46 : 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.