John 19:42

42. The burial was hastily performed: after the great Sabbath they intended to make a more solemn and complete burial. The fact of his having a tomb of his own close to Golgotha had perhaps suggested to Joseph the thought of going to Pilate. For the addition τῶν Ἰουδαίων see on John 2:13; John 11:55 : it suggests a time when there was already a Christian ‘Preparation.’ The order of the words, with the pathetic ending, should be preserved. There therefore, because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand), laid they Jesus.