Mark 15:45

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when he learned from the centurion [that He was indeed dead], he gave the body to Joseph.

Cross References

Matthew 27:58

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Mark 15:39

And when the centurion who stood facing Him saw Him expire this way, he said, Really, this Man was God's Son!

Mark 15:44

But Pilate wondered whether He was dead so soon, and, having called the centurion, he asked him whether [Jesus] was already dead.

Mark 15:46

And Joseph bought a [fine] linen cloth [for swathing dead bodies], and, taking Him down from the cross, he rolled Him up in the [fine] linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock. Then he rolled a [very large] stone against the door of the tomb. [Isa. 53:9; Matt. 16:4.]

John 19:38

And after this, Joseph of Arimathea–a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews–asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away His body.