Acts 13:29

“And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, etc.] When they had vilified and reproached him in the most opprobrious manner; buffeted and scourged him, and pierced his hands and his feet, by nailing him to the cross; when they had crucified him between two thieves, and parted his raiment and cast lots on his vesture; when they had pierced his side, and it was sufficiently evident that his life was taken from the earth; all which were written of him in the Psalms and Prophets: they took him down from the tree; the cross, on which he was crucified: it may be rendered impersonally, “he was taken down from the tree”; for not the same persons that desired he might be slain, and…”

“they took him down . . . and laid him in a sepulchre--Though the burial of Christ was an act of honor and love to Him by the disciples to whom the body was committed, yet since His enemies looked after it and obtained a guard of soldiers to keep watch over it as the remains of their own victim, the apostle regards this as the last manifestation on their part of enmity to the Saviour, that they might see how God laughed all their precautions to scorn by "raising Him from the dead."”

“They took him down ... - That is, it was done by the Jews. Not that it was done by those who put him to death, but by Joseph of Arimathea, and by Nicodemus, who were Jews. Paul is speaking of what was done to Jesus by the Jews at Jerusalem; and he does not affirm that the same persons put him to death and laid him in a tomb, but that all this was done by Jews. See John 19:38-39. return to 'Top of Page'”

“They fulfilled all things that were written of him - So far could they go, but no farther. Acts 13:31”

“when: Act 13:27, Act 2:23, Act 4:28; Luk 18:31-33, Luk 24:44; Joh 19:28, Joh 19:30, Joh 19:36, Joh 19:37 they took: Mat 27:57-60; Mar 15:45, Mar 15:46; Luk 23:53; Joh 19:38-42; Co1 15:4 Acts 13:30”