Acts 5:6 “Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried h…”

Acts 5:6

Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

World English Bible

The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

American Standard Version

And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the yong men rose vp, and tooke him vp, and caried him out, and buried him.

Darby Translation

And the young men, rising up, swathed him up for burial, and having carried him out, buried him.

Young's Literal Translation

and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried [him].

Bible in Basic English

And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

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Cross references

“And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.”

John 19:40 Leviticus 10:4–6 Deuteronomy 21:23 2 Samuel 18:17

John 19:40 · BSB

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

Leviticus 10:4–6 · BSB

Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”

Deuteronomy 21:23 · BSB

you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you a…

2 Samuel 18:17 · BSB

They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

7About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

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