Luke 23:53
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.”
τίθημι
To put, to place, to appoint. Tithemi. Father into Your hands I commit My spirit. The final act of Jesus was an act of trust. Put everything in His hands. That is where it is safest.
οὐδείς
no one
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οὐδείς
No one, nothing, none. No one can snatch them out of My hand. The security of the believer rests not in their grip but in His. And His grip never fails.
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μνῆμα
a tomb
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μνῆμα
A tomb, a memorial. They buried Him in a tomb. But the tomb could not hold Him. Every tomb Jesus enters He walks out of.
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καθαιρέω
having taken down
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καθαιρέω
to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)
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ἐντυλίσσω
he wrapped
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ἐντυλίσσω
probably akin to G1507 (εἱλίσσω)); to entwine, i.e. wind up in
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σινδών
in a linen cloth
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σινδών
byssos, i.e. bleached linen (the cloth or a garment of it)
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κεῖμαι
laid.
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κεῖμαι
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
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οὗ
in which
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οὗ
at which place, i.e. where
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λαξευτός
cut in a rock
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λαξευτός
rock-quarried
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οὔπω
not yet
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οὔπω
not yet
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