John 19:41

Modern

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.

Traditional

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

Literal

Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet having been laid.

Latin

Erat autem in loco, ubi crucifixus est, hortus: et in horto monumentum novum, in quo nondum quisquam positus erat.

Greek

English

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.

a new tomb: People have discovered more than 900 first-century burial tombs in Judea, carved into the limestone hills.

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 27:60
…and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Luke 23:53
Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
Isaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
John 20:15
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
2 Kings 23:30
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
Matthew 27:64–66
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”