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Act_13:28-29. Καί ] and, without having found, they desired. On ἀναιρεθῆναι , comp. Act_2:23, Act_10:39.
καθελόντες … ἔθηκαν εἰς μνημ .] The subject is the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, as in the preceding. Joseph and Nicodemus (Joh_19:28 f.) were, in fact, both; therefore Paul, although those were favourably inclined to Jesus, could in this summary narrative continue with the same subject, because an exact historical discrimination was not here of moment, and the taking down from the cross and the placing in the grave were simply the adjuncts of the crucifixion and the premisses of the corporeal resurrection (1Co_15:4). On καθελόντες ἀπὸ τ . ξύλου , comp. Jos_8:29; Mar_15:46.