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Matthew 27:58

This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    He went to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate commaunded the body to be delivered.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    He went to Pilate, and asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered.

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Cross-references (2)

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  • Mark 15:44-46 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
  • Luke 23:52-53 this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body…

58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

Ver. 58. He went to Pilate] It was time for him now or never to show himself, and to wax bold, Mar 15:43. The Spaniards, they say, abhor dangers, never adventuring upon hard enterprises, but aiming to proceed securely. "Christ’s disciples must speak and do boldly in the Lord," Act 14:3, whatever come of it. Audendo Graeci pervenere Troiam. Alexander never attempted anything, but he conceived it might be done, and he did it. Historians ascribe most of his success to his courage; and tell us, that having a soldier of his own name in his army whom he knew to be a coward, he commanded him either to change his name, or show his valour. So saith Christ to all his Josephs and Nicodemuses, Either play the men, or pretend not to me.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when Joseph had taken the body,.... Down from…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 58. Begged the body] That he might bury…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He went to Pilate - Because no one had…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The Roman laws forbade sepulture to be given to…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 58. Pilate commanded the body to be delivered —…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 58. Pilate commanded the body to be delivered] after…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (58) He went to Pilate.—Assuming the death of our…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He went to Pilate. St. Mark says, "came and…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 58. Asked for the body of Jesus. Usually, the…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:58 In Roman crucifixion, the bodies of criminals were…

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