Mark 15:45

When he found out from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44Pilate was surprised that Jesus was already dead, so he called the centurion over and asked him if Jesus had been dead for some time.

46After buying a linen cloth and taking him down, Joseph wrapped him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn in a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. So Pilate commanded that the body be given to him.

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate if he could take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took away 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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