Mark 15:43

There was a man called Joseph who came from Ari-ma-thee-a (Arimathea). He was an important man in the Jewish council and everyone said that he was a good man. Joseph was waiting for the time when God was going to be the King over everybody in the world. Joseph was not frightened of Pilate and so when it was dark, and nearly time for the Jewish rest day to start, he went to see Pilate. Joseph asked Pilate if it was alright for him to take Jesus' body down from the cross and bury it.

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In The King James Version

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

In Context

42The day that Jesus died was the day when the Jewish people got everything ready for their Sabbath rest day. That rest day started after the sun went down.

44Pilate was amazed. He said, “Is that man dead already?” He sent somebody to get the leader of the soldiers and said, “Is it true? Is that man really dead?” The leader of the soldiers said, “Yes, it is true.” And so Pilate told Joseph that he was allowed to take Jesus' body down from the cross and bury it.

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Cross References

Mark 10:23Jesus watched the man walk away. Then he turned and looked at his followers and said, “Rich people have a lot of trouble letting God be the Lord of their lives.”

Mark 14:66While Jesus was inside the house, Peter sat outside next to the fire. One of the girls that worked in the High Priest's house came along and saw Peter sitting there. She looked at him and said, “I think you were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”

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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