Mark 15:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ Joseph, he of Arimathea, noble and honorable in rank and a respected member of the council (Sanhedrin), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, daring the consequences, took courage and ventured to go to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Common English Bible

⁴³ Joseph from Arimathea dared to approach Pilate and ask for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was a prominent council member who also eagerly anticipated the coming of God’s kingdom.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ there arrived Joseph of Arimathea, a noble council member, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. And he boldly entered to Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:43 Cross References

Matthew 19:30

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 20:16

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Matthew 27:57

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also was himself a disciple of Jesus.

Mark 14:54

Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting with the guards, warming himself at the fire.

Mark 15:44

Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and summoning the centurion he asked him whether he had been dead for some time.

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.

Luke 2:38

At that moment she came and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 23:50

Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph who, though a member of the council,

Luke 23:51

had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.

John 19:38

After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed his body.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

Acts 17:12

Many of them therefore believed, including not a few Greek women and men of high standing.

Philippians 1:14

and most of the brothers and sisters, having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word with greater boldness and without fear.