Matthew 27:58
This 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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
In Context
59And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,
Cross References
Luke 23:52This man went to Pilate and made a request for the body of Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 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. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →