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John 19:42
John 19:42 is verse 42 of John chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
King James Version
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
World English Bible
Then, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand), they laid Jesus there.
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John 19:40–42 · Berean Standard Bible
40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
41 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.
42 And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Isaiah 53:9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Acts 13:29When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
1 Corinthians 15:4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Colossians 2:12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
John 19:14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:31It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.