John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb." — Mark 15:46 (ASV)
And he bought fine linen
That is, Joseph, as is expressed in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions; which, when he had done, as is highly probable, in the city of Jerusalem, he went to Mount Calvary,
and took him down ;
took the body of Christ down from the cross; though, no doubt, with the assistance of others, or by others, and not he himself, at least not alone:
and wrapped him in the linen ;
wound him up in it, as was the manner of the Jews; (See Gill on Matthew 27:59);
and laid him in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and
rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre ;
(See Gill on Matthew 27:60).