Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
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Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
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And Pylate merveled that he was alredy deed and called vnto him the Centurion and axed of him whether he had bene eny whyle deed.
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And Pilate marueiled, if he were already dead, and called vnto him the Centurion, and asked of him whether he had bene any while dead.
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- John 19:31-37 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him; but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs. However one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe. For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.” Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead:…
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Ver. 44. {See Trapp on "Mat 27:58"}
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And Pilate marveled if - Wondered if he was…
And Pilate marveled if - Wondered if he was dead, or wondered that he was so soon dead. It was not common for persons crucified to expire under two or three days, sometimes not until the sixth or seventh. Joseph had asked for the “body,” implying that he was dead. That he was, had been ascertained by the soldiers. See Joh 19:33.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 44. And Pilate marvelled] Death by crucifixion did not…
44. And Pilate marvelled] Death by crucifixion did not generally supervene even for three days, and thirty-six hours is said to be the earliest period when it would be thus brought about. Pilate, therefore, marveled at the request of Joseph, and required the evidence of the centurion to assure himself of the fact.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (44) And Pilate marvelled.—The wonder of Pilate, and his…
(44) And Pilate marvelled.—The wonder of Pilate, and his calling the centurion (the article points to his being the same that had been mentioned in Mar_15:39), are peculiar to St. Mark.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and…
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. It must have Been somewhat early in the afternoon, probably not long after three o"clock, when Joseph went. The day being the Preparation, the Jews were anxious to satisfy the letter of the Law, (Deu_21:13) and that, more especially, because the coming sabbath was a "high day." So they had gone early to Pilate to obtain permission to accelerate the deaths of the sufferers by the terrible additional punishment called skelokopia . This violence was not inflicted upon our Lord, because he was already dead; and so another Scripture was fulfilled, "A bone of him shall not be broken." But it was necessary that Pilate should be assured of the fact that death had taken place before he gave up the body; and thus, in the providence of God, another evidence was given of the reality of Christ"s death. Joseph asked for the body (swma). Then Pilate asked the centurion "whether he had been any while dead." The verb here is in the aorist, and the adverb means "formerly" (ei palai apeyane); literally, if he died some time ago.
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