Joh 19:41 | RWP | e4.org | A garden ( κηπος ). See , . New ( καινον ). Fresh, unused. Was never yet laid ( ουδεπω ην τεθειμενος ). Periphrastic past perfect passive of τιθημ . It was Joseph's mausoleum, a rock tomb hewn out of the mountain side ( ; ; ), a custom common with the rich then and now. For royal tombs in gardens see , ; .

‏ John 19:41

A garden ( κηπος ). See 18:1, 26.

New ( καινον ). Fresh, unused.

Was never yet laid ( ουδεπω ην τεθειμενος ). Periphrastic past perfect passive of τιθημ. It was Joseph's mausoleum, a rock tomb hewn out of the mountain side (Mr 15:56; Mt 27:60; Lu 23:53), a custom common with the rich then and now. For royal tombs in gardens see 2Ki 21:18, 26; Ne 3:16.