Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 15].
Pilate was probably glad to turn the body over to Joseph else the
body would go to the potter's field. This is the only instance
when \pt•ma\ (_cadaver_, corpse) is applied to the body (\s•ma\)
of Jesus, the term used in Mt 27:59; Lu 23:53; Joh 19:40).
15:46 {Wound} (\eneil•sen\). This word is only here in the N.T.
As \entuliss•\ is only in Mt 27:59; Lu 23:53; Joh 20:7. Both
verbs occur in the papyri, Plutarch, etc. They both mean to wrap,
wind, roll in. The body of Jesus was wound in the linen cloth
bought by Joseph and the hundred pounds of spices brought by
Nicodemus (Joh 19:39) for burying were placed in the folds of
the linen and the linen was bound around the body by strips of
cloth (Joh 19:40). The time was short before the sabbath began
and these two reverently laid the body of the Master in Joseph's
new tomb, hewn out of a rock. The perfect passive participle
(\lelatom•menon\) is from \latomos\, a stonecutter (\l•s\, stone,
\temn•\, to cut). For further details see on ¯Mt 27:57-60. Lu
23:53 and Joh 19:41 also tell of the new tomb of Joseph. Some
modern scholars think that this very tomb has been identified in
Gordon's Calvary north of the city. {Against the door} (\epi t•n
thuran\). Matthew has the dative \t•i thur•i\ without \epi\ and
adds the adjective "great" (\megan\).
15:47 {Beheld} (\ethe•roun\). Imperfect tense picturing the two
Marys "sitting over against the sepulchre" (Mt 27:61) and
watching in silence as the shadows fell upon all their hopes and
dreams. Apparently these two remained after the other women who
had been beholding from afar the melancholy end (Mr 15:40) had
left and "were watching the actions of Joseph and Nicodemus"
(Swete). Probably also they saw the body of Jesus carried and
hence they knew where it was laid and saw that it remained there
(\tetheitai\, perfect passive indicative, state of completion).
"It is evident that they constituted themselves a party of
observation" (Gould).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Mark: Chapter 15)