Mark 15:43
or the day before the sabbath,) Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also was expecting the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
42And the evening being now come, (because it was the preparation,
Cross References
Matthew 20:16Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.
Mark 10:23And Jesus looking round about saith to his disciples, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 14:66And Peter being in the hall below, there came one of the maid-servants of the high priest;
Luke 2:38And coming in at the very same time, gave thanks unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all that were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
John 19:38And after these things Joseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave: he came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.
Acts 13:50but the Jews stirred up devout and honorable women, and the heads of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territories.
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 →