Mark 15:45

Upon the centurion's confirmation he granted the body to Joseph.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

44Well Pilate was surprised that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion he asked him when He had died.

46Having bought linen, he took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock; then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that the body be given.

John 19:38After these things Joseph, the one from Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews), requested Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. So he came and removed Jesus' 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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