Acts 5:6

And the young men arose (Lit. the younger.) Some have suggested that these were persons connected with the Church whose business it was to take charge of funerals. But it seems unlikely that, at a time when assistance had not been provided to relieve the Apostles from "serving tables" and distributing the funds to those who needed (Acts 6:1-4), there should already have been an organization for this less pressing necessity. The Greek word used here is not the same as in Acts 5:10, and this variation seems to shew that "the young men" were not in any official position, but were only the most able physically to perform such an office as is here described. On the way in which the Jews looked on attention to funeral rites see note on Acts 8:2.

wound him up wrapped the dead body about with the robe which he was wearing at the time.

and carried him out, and buried him We know from what took place after the Crucifixion that graves were made ready beforehand, and in the caves where the dead were deposited, as we can see from the account of the raising of Lazarus, there (John 11:43) needed little preparation, and they were closed by the simple means of a stone placed at the cave's mouth. So that it would not need much time to complete the whole work of burial. In hot climates burial must needs follow quickly after death. Cp. the brief time which Jehu allowed to pass after Jezebel's death (2 Kings 9:34) before he gave orders for her burial.