Acts 5:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it.

Cross References

John 19:40

The two men wrapped the body in a linen cloth, together with the spices, which was how the Jewish people buried their dead.

2 Samuel 18:17

They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and put a big pile of rocks over it. Meanwhile, the people of Israel had all run back to their own homes.

Deuteronomy 21:23

you must not leave it there overnight. Bury it the same day, because the dead body of a criminal hanging on a tree will bring God's curse on the land. The Lord your God is giving this land to you, so don't make it unclean by leaving the bodies of executed criminals on display.

Acts 5:7

Three hours later Sapphira came in, but she did not know what had happened to her husband.