Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and summoning the centurion he asked him whether he had been dead for some time.
When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
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.
When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.