Acts 13:29

From the tree

(απο του ξυλου). Not here strictly a tree, but wood as already in Acts 5:30; Acts 10:29 and later in Galatians 3:13. Strictly speaking, it was Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus who took the body of Jesus down from the cross, though the Jews had asked Pilate to have the bones of Jesus broken that his body should not remain on the cross during the Sabbath (John 19:31). Paul does not distinguish the details here.Laid

(εθηκαν). First (kappa) aorist active indicative third plural of τιθημ in place of εθεσαν the usual second aorist active plural form.Tomb

(μνημειον). Memorial, common in the Gospels.