And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.
Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.