Matthew 27:58

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

In Context

57Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

59So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen.

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Cross References

Luke 23:52and now he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66

The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →

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