Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
Ver. 41. A new sepulchre] Fit for him that was the "first-born from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep." Besides else it might have been said, that some other had risen, and not he (saith Theodoret), as Mahomet saith that Christ was not crucified, but another for him. ινα μη συκοφαντισθη η αναστασις, ως αλλου ανασταντος ..