Mark 15:46

After Joseph ¹  bought a linen cloth ²  and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. ³  Then ⁴  he rolled a stone across the entrance ⁵  of the tomb.

Isa 22:16; Isa 53:9; Mt 27:59,60; Mt 27:60; Mt 28:2; Mr 16:3,4; Lu 23:53; Joh 11:38; Joh 19:38-42

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Joseph of Arimathea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

³ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

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