He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
Mark 15:45 - Revised Standard Version CI And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he learned from the centurion [that He was indeed dead], he gave the body to Joseph. American Standard Version (1901) And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. Common English Bible When he learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, Pilate gave the dead body to Joseph. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had been informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. |
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
After this Joseph of Arimathea, who was 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 leave. So he came and took away his body.