A moment in scripture
Matthew 27:60
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And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 27:58
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
- Matthew 27:59
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
- Matthew 27:61
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
- Matthew 27:62
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.