KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 27:59–61
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Matthew 27:59
59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
59And when Ioseph had taken the body, hee wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,
Matthew 27:60
60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
60And laide it in his owne newe tombe, which he had hewen out in the rocke: and he rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.
Matthew 27:61
61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting ouer against the sepulchre.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 27:59
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wound, folded, covered, or enclosed in or with something.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pure or free from defilement; also wholly or entirely.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Material made by weaving or interlacing fibres or threads, used for garments, coverings, and other purposes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Matthew 27:60
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cut, carved, or shaped with an axe, chisel, or other tool.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Turned over and over, moved by rolling, wrapped, or formed into a round or cylindrical shape.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A piece or mass of rock; also to strike or kill with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Matthew 27:61
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Being seated, remaining, dwelling, or holding a place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 60
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
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Open the full verse study2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
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Open the full verse study1THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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Open the full verse study2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
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Open the full verse study3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
From verse 61
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Open the full verse study56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
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Open the full verse study1IN the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
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