“There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.”
John 19:42 (KJV)
Context Reading
40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.