Mark 15:45

45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

Mark 15:45 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:45

And when he knew it of the centurion
Who might inform him of his giving up the ghost after he had cried with a loud voice, which so much affected him; and how he was found to be really dead when they came to break the legs of the malefactors; and how that one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, from whence flowed blood and water; so that there was no room to doubt of his being really dead; with which Pilate being satisfied,

he gave the body to Joseph;
ordered it to be given to him; gave him leave to take it down from the cross, and inter it.

Mark 15:45 In-Context

43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.