μνημεῖον

Matthew 8:28 μνημείων tombs

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Here: Burial chambers, usually cut into rock or built as small structures, big enough to go into and shelter in. To Jewish hearers this was the most unclean kind of place, the dwelling of the dead.

Matthew 23:29 μνημεῖα monuments

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

Matthew 27:52 μνημεῖα tombs

The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Here: Rock-cut burial chambers. The word comes from 'memory' (a tomb is where the dead are remembered), and Matthew used the same word in 23:29 for the 'memorials of the righteous' that the scribes decorated.

Matthew 27:53 μνημείων tombs

After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

Matthew 27:60 μνημείῳ μνημείου tomb

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Here: The usual word for a tomb. It comes from the root for "remember," so it carries a sense of a memorial place. Here it means a chamber cut into rock.

Matthew 28:8 μνημείου tomb

So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

Here: A tomb, literally a 'memorial', from the root for 'memory'. In this setting it is a burial chamber cut into rock and closed by a rolled stone. The place of death is the place they now leave with joy.

Mark 5:2 μνημείων tombs

As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

Here: Tombs, most likely chambers cut into the rock of the hillside. To a Jewish hearer this was a place of the dead and of corpse-impurity, and it was also the known haunt of the deranged.

Mark 6:29 μνημείῳ.¶ [a] tomb.

When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Mark 15:46 μνημείῳ μνημείου. a grave, tomb.

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Mark 16:2 μνημεῖον tomb

Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

Mark 16:3 μνημείου; tomb?

They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

Mark 16:5 μνημεῖον tomb

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

Here: Built from the word for 'memory': a tomb as a memorial to the dead. Here it is the rock-cut chamber where Jesus' body had been laid.

Mark 16:8 μνημείου· tomb;

So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.

Luke 11:44 μνημεῖα graves

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Luke 11:47 μνημεῖα tombs

Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 23:55 μνημεῖον tomb

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Here: The burial chamber. The word comes from the Greek root for 'remember' and once meant a memorial or monument. Here it is the rock-cut tomb of v. 53.

Luke 24:2 μνημείου. tomb.

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Luke 24:9 μνημείου tomb

And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

Luke 24:12 μνημεῖον, tomb,

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Luke 24:22 μνημεῖον, tomb

Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

Luke 24:24 μνημεῖον tomb

Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”

John 5:28 μνημείοις tombs

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

Here: 'Tombs,' literally 'memorials,' from the root meaning 'remember.' In Judea these were usually rock-cut family tombs. It is the same word John uses for Lazarus's tomb and for Jesus' tomb.

John 11:17 μνημείῳ. tomb.

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

Here: A tomb, literally a 'place of remembrance'. Here it means a rock-cut burial cave. It is the same word John uses for Jesus' own tomb in chapters 19–20.

John 11:31 μνημεῖον tomb

When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

Here: A rock-cut tomb, closed with a stone (v.38). The word comes from the verb 'to remember', so it is literally a place of remembrance.

John 11:38 μνημεῖον· tomb;

Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

Here: Literally 'a place of remembering'. It was the normal word for a built or rock-cut grave.

John 12:17 μνημείου tomb

Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

Here: A rock-cut burial cave. The word comes from the root for 'remembering': a tomb was a place that kept the dead in memory. KJV's 'grave' suggests a dug pit, which is the wrong picture.

John 19:41 μνημεῖον a tomb

Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Here: A tomb. In Judea around Jerusalem this would have been a chamber cut into the rock, with a low entrance that could be sealed by a stone (see 20:1). The word comes from the root 'remember', so it is a place where the dead are remembered.

John 19:42 μνημεῖον, tomb,

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Here: A burial chamber, in Jerusalem usually cut into rock, with a low entrance closed by a stone (20:1). Not a pit dug in the earth. The same word appears again and again in 20:1–11 as the scene of the empty tomb.

John 20:1 μνημεῖον μνημείου. tomb, tomb.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

Here: A tomb cut into rock. The word is built on the root for 'remember': a grave was a place of memory.

John 20:2 μνημείου, tomb,

So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”

Here: A tomb. The word is related to 'remembering,' a monument to the dead. Here it is the new rock-cut tomb in a garden near the execution site (19:41).

John 20:3 μνημεῖον· tomb;

Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.

Here: A rock-cut burial chamber. The word comes from the root for 'remembering,' because a tomb was a place of memory. The word appears again and again in this chapter, and the scene keeps returning to this one place.

John 20:4 μνημεῖον, tomb,

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

John 20:6 μνημεῖον, tomb

Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

Here: A rock-cut burial chamber, big enough to walk into, with a low entrance (in v. 5 the disciple had to stoop to look in). The word is related to "remembering": a tomb was a place of memory.

John 20:8 μνημεῖον tomb

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

Here: A rock-cut burial chamber. The word comes from the root for 'remembering': a tomb was a place that kept the dead in memory.

John 20:11 μνημείῳ μνημεῖον, tomb, tomb,

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

Acts 13:29 μνημεῖον. a tomb.

When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

Here: 'A tomb'. In Judea this usually meant a chamber cut into rock. The word is related to 'remembering' (mnēmē), because a tomb kept the dead in memory. The burial sets up the contrast of verses 30–37: David 'saw decay', but this man did not.