Mark 15:45

And having ascertained from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

In Context

44And Pilate wondered if he died already. And having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if he was already dead.

46And having bought fine linen, and having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher, being that which had been hewn out of rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58This man having come to Pilate, requested the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given.

John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate allowed him. Therefore he came and removed the bod

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:43-47

The Burial of Christ; The Women at the Sepulchre. 42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46… Read the whole commentary →

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