Mark 15:43
Joseph of Ramath, an honorable counsellor, who also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and assuming courage, went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
42And, as it was the eve of preparation, which precedeth the sabbath,
Cross References
Matthew 20:16Thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for the called are many, but the chosen are few.
Mark 10:23And Jesus looked upon his disciples, and said to them: How hard for those who possess wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 14:66And as Simon was below in the court, a maid of the high priest came,
Luke 2:38and she too stood up, in that hour, and gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to every one that waited for the redemption of Jerusalem.
John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Ramath, (for he was a disciple of Jesus, and kept concealed through fear of the Jews,) requested of Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. And he came, and bore away the body of Jesus.
Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the chiefs of the city, and the opulent women who with them feared God, and set up a persecution against Paul and against Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.
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 →