Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
42And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,)
Cross References
Matthew 20:16So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.
Mark 10:23And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches, enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 14:66Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest.
Luke 2:38Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord; and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel.
John 19:38And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up religious and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas: and cast them out of their coasts.
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 →