420 B
420 B
He took it down
"Joseph took Jesus's body down from the cross"
wrapped it in fine linen
"wrapped the body in a fine linen cloth." This was the normal burial custom at that time.
a tomb that was cut in stone
"a tomb which someone had cut out of a rock cliff"
where no one had ever been laid
This can be translated as a new sentence. Alternate translation: "No one had ever put a body in that tomb before"