Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Cross-references
In Matthew 27:66, the stone Joseph rolled is secured with a seal and guard, continuing the narrative.
In Matthew 28:2, an angel rolls back the same stone, showing God's power over the tomb's seal.
In Mark 16:3, the women wonder who will roll away the stone, referencing the same large stone.
In Mark 16:4, they find the stone already rolled back from the tomb.
In Luke 24:2, the stone is found rolled away, consistent with the other gospels.
In John 20:1, Mary sees the stone taken away from the tomb.
In Mark 15:46, the same burial detail appears: Joseph wraps Jesus in linen, lays him in a rock-hewn tomb, and rolls a stone against it.
In Luke 23:53, Joseph also wraps Jesus in linen and places him in a rock-cut tomb where no one had been laid — a direct synoptic parallel.
In John 19:41, the same new tomb in a garden near Golgotha is described — John's parallel account of Jesus' burial place.