Matthew 27:60 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 27:60 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“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.”

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. The new tomb cut in the rock — the tomb in which no one had yet been laid (Luke 23:53) — is the burial place that will become the site of the resurrection. The great stone rolled to the entrance will be rolled away by the angel at the resurrection (Matthew 28:2).

Church Fathers on Matthew 27:60

When the Evangelist had finished the order of the Lord’s Passion and death, he treats of His burial.
Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

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 much higher merit in God’s sight, seeing he is described as righteous. Indeed he that should have the burial of the Lord’s body ought to have been such, that he might be deserving of that office by righteous merit.
Remigius · 9th century

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 unknown individuals would not have dared to approach Pilate, the representative of Roman power, and ask the body of a crucified malefactor.
Jerome · 4th century

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