When they had completed everything written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.
The Greek *xylon* is translated "tree," as the Pioneer Translation consistently does — it refers to the wooden stake or tree on which Jesus was executed, and this rendering preserves the raw physicality of the term as well as its connection to the Hebrew scriptures' curse language (Deuteronomy 21:23). The verb *kathelon* ("took him down") confirms the body was suspended on this structure.
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29When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the ξύλον · xylonGreek word meaning wood or tree. Peter and Paul's preferred term — Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24. and laid Him in a tomb.
King James Version
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29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the ξύλον · xylonGreek word meaning wood or tree. Peter and Paul's preferred term — Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24., and laid him in a sepulchre.
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29When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
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29They did to Jesus all the things that the prophets long ago had written that people would do to him. They killed Jesus by nailing him to a σταυρός · staurosPrimary classical Greek meaning: upright stake or pole. Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, Oxford.. Then his body was taken {some people took his body} down from the σταυρός · staurosPrimary classical Greek meaning: upright stake or pole. Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon, Oxford. and placed it in a tomb.
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When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the ξύλον · xylonGreek word meaning wood or tree. Peter and Paul's preferred term — Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24. and laid Him in a tomb.
When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
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When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the ξύλον · xylonGreek word meaning wood or tree. Peter and Paul's preferred term — Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24. and laid Him in a tomb.
When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the ξύλον · xylonGreek word meaning wood or tree. Peter and Paul's preferred term — Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24., and laid him in a sepulchre.
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ὡς as ὡς hōs probably adverb of comparative from G3739 (ὅς); which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) about, δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng ἐτέλεσαν end τελέω teléō from G5056 (τέλος); to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt) accomplish, make an end, expire, fill u πάντα all πᾶς pâs including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole all (manner of, means), alw τὰ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various αὐτοῦ he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive γεγραμμένα write γράφω gráphō a primary verb; to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe describe, write(-ing, -ten) , καθελόντες take down καθαιρέω kathairéō from G2596 (κατά) and G138 (αἱρέομαι) (including its alternate); to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figu ἀπὸ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig τοῦ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ξύλου staff ξύλον xýlon from another form of the base of G3582 (ξέστης); timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or xylon (tree / wood) or ἔθηκαν put τίθημι títhēmi a prolonged form of a primary (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); to place (in the widest application, εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( μνημεῖον tomb μνημεῖον mnēmeîon from G3420 (μνήμη); a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment) grave, sepulchre, tomb .
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the xylon (tree / wood) and laid Him in a tomb.
Where the New Testament uses stauros, this site shows the Greek word alongside its primary classical meaning in brackets. Stauros meant stake or upright stake in classical Greek — the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon (Oxford University Press) lists this as its first definition, citing Homer and Herodotus. The word itself does not specify material; wood is implied by the context of the era, not encoded in the Greek term.
Where the New Testament uses xylon, this site shows the Greek word alongside its meaning of tree or wood — xylon does specify material, and is already translated as tree by the NIV, ESV, and KJV in Acts 5:30, Galatians 3:13, and 1 Peter 2:24.
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