And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et Joseph, ayant acheté un linceul, descendit Jésus de la croix, l'enveloppa du linceul, et le déposa dans un sépulcre taillé dans le roc. Puis il roula une pierre à l'entrée du sépulcre.
KJV
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ed that "he swathes Jesus in clean linen, who receives Him with a pure soul." Hence, as Bede says on Mark 15:46 : "The Church's custom has prevailed for the sacrifice of the altar to be offered not upon silk, nor upon dyed cloth, but on linen of the earth; as the Lord's body was…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)
, quae magis amabant, contra sepulcrum sedebant, et ubi poneretur aspiciebant (Matth. XXVII, 57-61; Marc. XV, 42-47; Luc. XXIII, 50-55; Joan. XIX, 38-42) . Altera die sacerdotes et Pharisaei de dictis Domini Jesu quaedam male Pilato suggesserunt; eoque annuente lapidem signave…
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