Matthew 27:58
went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
In Context
57When evening came, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea (who was also a disciple of Jesus),
59Joseph took the body and wrapped it up in a fresh linen cloth,
Cross References
Luke 23:52Joseph went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →