Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.