Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, he went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
42And now evening having come, since it was Preparation Day, which is the day before the Sabbath,
Cross References
Matthew 20:16Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.” 1 A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
Mark 10:23And looking around, Jesus said to His disciples, “How difficult it is for those having riches to enter the kingdom of God!”
Mark 14:66Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.
Luke 2:38And coming in that instant she was giving thanks to the Lord, and was speaking about Him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.
John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away the body of Jesus.
Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout and prominent women and the leading men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out from their borders.
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 →