Matthew 27:59-60

27:59 Joseph ¹  took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ²  27:60 and placed it ³  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ⁴  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ⁵  of the tomb and went away.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

² tn The term σινδών (sindwn) can refer to a linen cloth used either for clothing or for burial.

³ tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.

⁴ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

⁵ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”