Luke 23:53

wrapped it in linen in a sindon, or piece of fine white linen. Comp. Mark 14:51. Two other words, othonia(John 19:40) and soudarion(John 20:7), are used of the various cerements of Jesus. That Joseph bought this sindon,apparently on this day (Mark 15:46), is one of the many incidental signs furnished even by the Synoptists that the true Passover did not begin till the eveningof the Friday on which our Lord was crucified. On the part taken by Nicodemus in the entombment, and the spices which he brought, see John 19:39-40. Both Joseph and Nicodemus in acting thus not only shewed great courage, but also great self-sacrifice; for the touching of a corpse made them ceremonially unclean, and thus prevented them from any share in the Paschal Feast.

in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone This rock-hewn tomb (Matt., Mk., comp. Isaiah 22:16) was in a garden (comp. Jos. Antt.ix. 10, § 4; x. 3, § 2) adjoining the scene of the crucifixion, if not an actual part of it. John 19:41. "He made His grave with the rich," Isaiah 53:9. The mouth of these rocky tombs was closed with a large stone, called by the Jews Golal.,which could only be rolled there by the labour of several men (John 11:39).