Matthew 27:60 (WEB)
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Fathers and councils · 22
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.68Book II
“…the words of the narrative may see something worthy of consideration, both in them and in the newness of the tomb,—a point mentioned by Matthew and John—and in the statement of Luke and John, that no one had ever been interred therein before.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxvii. 60 with John xix. 41.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Thou hast in the Gospels In a sepulchre hewn in stone, which was hewn out of a rock.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 60; Mark xv. 46; Luke xxiii. 50.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“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.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 57–60
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Augustine of Hippo
“For though He was wounded, and when dead laid in the tomb, yet they who knew not what they were doing, or who He was, regarded Him as like others who had perished from their wounds, and who slept in the tomb, who are as yet out of remembrance of God, that is, whose hour of resurrection has not yet arrived.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 50, 60.
Read the whole comment“Matthew proceeds thus: “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.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 59, 60.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For the bodies of the patriarchs and prophets are until now preserved in tombs, and the very body of the Lord was laid in a tomb, and a stone was laid upon it, and hid it until He rose on the third day.’” — editor's note: Cf. John xix. 41; Matt. xxvii. 60.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
Arimathea is the same as Ramatha, the city of Helcana and Samuel, and is situated in the Chananitic country near Diospolis. This Joseph was a man of great dignity in respect of worldly station, but has the praise of…
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He is described as rich, not out of any ambition on the part of the writer to represent so noble and rich a man as Jesus’ disciple, but to shew how he was able to obtain the body of Jesus from Pilate. For poor and…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Consider this man’s courage; he risked his life, and took upon him many enmities in order to render this service; and not only dares to ask for Christ’s body, but also to bury it.
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By this simple burial of the Lord is condemned the ostentation of the rich, who cannot dispense with lavish expense even in their tombs. But we may also consider in a spiritual sense, that the Lord’s body was wrapped…
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Or, otherwise; The linen is grown out of the ground, and is bleached to whiteness with great labour, and thus this signifies that His body which was taken of the earth, that is of a Virgin, through the toil of…
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
From this also has prevailed in the Church the custom of celebrating the sacrifice of the altar not in silk, or in coloured robes, but in linen grown from the earth, as we read, was ordered by the Holy Pope Silvester.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Saviour was laid in a tomb belonging to another man, because He died for the salvation of others. For why should He who in Himself had no death, have been laid in His own tomb? Or He whose place was reserved for…
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He is laid in a new tomb, lest after His resurrection it should be pretended that it was some other who had risen when they saw the other bodies there remaining. The new tomb may also signify the virgin womb of Mary.…
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Had the tomb been in the earth, it might have been said they undermined the place, and so carried Him off. Had a small stone been laid thereon, they might have said, They carried Him off while we slept.
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That a great stone was rolled there, shews that the tomb could not have been reopened without the united strength of many.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Mystically, Joseph affords a figure of the Apostles. He wraps the body in a clean linen cloth, in which same linen sheet were let down to Peter out of heaven all manner of living creatures; whence we understand, that…
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This is no casual mention of the circumstances that the body was wrapped in clean linen, and laid in a new tomb, and a great stone rolled to the month, but that every thing touching the body of Jesus is clean, and…
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When the Lord’s body was buried, and the rest returned to their own places, the women alone, who had loved Him more attachedly adhered to Him, and with anxious care noted the place where the Lord’s body was laid,…
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The mother of the sons of Zebedee is not mentioned as having sat over against the sepulchre. And perhaps she was able to endure as far as the cross only, but these as stronger in love were not absent even from the…
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Or, when the rest left the Lord, the women continued in their attendance, looking for what Jesus had promised; and therefore they deserved to be the first to see the resurrection, because “he that endureth to the end…
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And to this day the holy women, that is, the lowly souls of the saints, do the like in this present world, and with pious assiduity wait while Christ’s passion is being completed.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.68.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:57–61 (Catena Aurea).