Mark 15:45

and, on learning from the officer that it was so, he gave the corpse 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

44But Pilate was surprised to hear that he had already died. So he sent for the officer, and asked if he were already dead;

46Joseph, having bought a linen sheet, took Jesus down, and wound the sheet around him, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock; and then rolled a stone up against the entrance of the tomb.

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Cross References

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

John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus – but a secret one, owing to his fear of the religious authorities – begged Pilate’s permission to remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him leave; so Joseph went and removed the 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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