Mark 15:45

and having ascertained the fact he granted the body to Joseph.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

46He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

John 19:38After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a secret disciple, asked Pilate's permission to carry away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and removed the 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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