Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honoured member of the council, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Matthew 20:16So the last shall be first, and the first last.
Mark 10:23And Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
Mark 14:66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came:
Luke 2:38And coming at that hour she also gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who looked for the redemption of Jerusalem.
John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him permission. Therefore he came and took his body.
Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
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 →