Mark 15:45

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the officer told him, Pilate let Joseph have Jesus' body.

Cross References

Matthew 27:58

went and asked for Jesus' body. Pilate gave orders for it to be given to Joseph,

Mark 15:39

A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

Mark 15:44

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, and he called in the army officer to find out if Jesus had been dead very long.

Mark 15:46

Joseph bought a linen cloth and took the body down from the cross. He had it wrapped in the cloth, and he put it in a tomb that had been cut into solid rock. Then he rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb.

John 19:38

Joseph from Arimathea was one of Jesus' disciples. He had kept it secret though, because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. But now he asked Pilate to let him have Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, and Joseph took it down from the cross.