Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea came there. He was a respected member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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In Context
42When evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Cross References
Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first last.” + 20:16 The best ancient copies omit Many are called, but few are chosen .
Mark 10:23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who are rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Mark 14:66While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came to him.
Luke 2:38At that very hour she came near to them and began giving thanks to God and she spoke about the child to everyone who had been waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, since he was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate if he could take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph came and took away his body.
Acts 13:50But the Jews urged on the devout and important women, as well as the leading men of the city. These stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out beyond the border of their city.
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 →