Mark 15:45

When Pilate learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, he gave the body to Joseph.

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

In Context

44Pilate was amazed that Jesus was already dead; he called the centurion and asked him if Jesus was dead.

46Joseph had bought a linen cloth. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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Cross References

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

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.

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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