Mark 15:45

When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

John 19:38Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed 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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