Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling for the centurion, he asked him whether He had been dead for a while.
When Jesus heard it, He was amazed and said to those who followed, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.
Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the Council, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus.
When he learned about it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.