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He leads me beside the still waters. looking on from afar, among whom were
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3 He restores my soul; Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James
He leads me in the paths and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
of righteousness 57 Now when evening had come, there came
For His name’s sake. a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph,
who himself had also become a disciple of Je-
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley 58
of the shadow of death, sus. This man went to Pilate and asked for
I will fear no evil; the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded
the body to be given to him. When Joseph
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For You are with me; had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
Your rod and Your staff, linen cloth, and laid it in his new tomb which
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they comfort me.
he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a
large stone against the door of the tomb, and
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departed. And Mary Magdalene was there,
and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 On the next day, which followed the Day
23:4 the valley of the shadow of death.
Phraseology used to convey a perilously of Preparation, the chief priests and
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threatening environment (see Job 10:21,22; Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, say-
38:17; Pss. 44:19; 107:10; Jer. 2:6; Luke. 1:79). ing, “Sir, we remember, while He was still
Your rod and Your staff. The shepherd’s club alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days
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and crook are viewed as comforting instru- I will rise.’ Therefore command that the
ments of protection and direction,respectively. tomb be made secure until the third day, lest
His disciples come by night and steal Him
away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen
from the dead.’ So the last deception will be
5 You prepare a table before me in the worse than the first.”
presence of my enemies; 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go
You anoint my head with oil; your way, make it as secure as you know how.”
My cup runs over. 66 So they went and made the tomb secure,
6 Surely goodness and mercy sealing the stone and setting the guard.
shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house
of the LORD
Forever. 27:56 Mary Magdalene. She had been deliv-
ered from 7 demons (Luke 8:2); the other
Proverbs 9:1–6 “Mary”(“wife of Clopas,”John 19:25—a variant
of Alphaeus) was the mother of the apostle
9 Wisdom has built her house, known as “James the Less” (Mark 15:40). the
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has slaughtered her meat, mother of Zebedee’s sons. Salome (Mark
15:40), mother of James and John. From John
She has mixed her wine, 19:26,we learn that Mary,the mother of Jesus,
She has also furnished her table. was also present at the Cross—possibly stand-
3 She has sent out her maidens, ing apart from these 3, who were “looking on
She cries out from the highest places from afar” (v. 55), as if they could not bear to
of the city, watch His sufferings, but neither could they
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in bear to leave Him.
here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, 27:57 Joseph. Mark 15:43 and Luke 23:50,51
she says to him, identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin,
5 “Come, eat of my bread though Luke says “he had not consented to
And drink of the wine I have their decision and deed” in condemning
mixed. Christ. Joseph and Nicodemus (John 19:39),
6 Forsake foolishness and live, both being prominent Jewish leaders, buried
And go in the way of understanding. Christ in Joseph’s own “new tomb”(v. 60), thus
fulfilling exactly the prophecy of Is. 53:9.
Matthew 27:55–66 Arimathea. A town about 15–20 miles north-
west of Jerusalem.
55 And many women who followed Jesus
from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there

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