Mark 15:45

When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body 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

44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

46He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore 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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