Mark 15:45

And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

44And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

46And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

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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