King James Version
Matthew 27:59 in the King James Version says “And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,”
Matthew 27:59 · KJV
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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.
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“it”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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