Mark 15:37-47

37 And Jesus 1uttered a loud cry and 2breathed his last.
38 And 3the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 4And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he[a] breathed his last, he said, 5"Truly this man was the Son[b] of God!"
40 There were also 6women looking on 7from a distance, among whom were 8Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and 9Salome.
41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and 10ministered to him, and there were also many other women who 11came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

42 12And when evening had come, since it was 13the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, 14a respected member of the Council, who 15was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.[c] And summoning 16the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
45 And when he learned from 17the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
46 And Joseph[d] bought 18a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and 19laid him in a tomb 20that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled 21a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
47 22Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

Cross References 22

  • 1. ver. 34
  • 2. [John 10:18]
  • 3. Exodus 26:31-33; 2 Chronicles 3:14
  • 4. For ver. 39-41, see Matthew 27:54-56; Luke 23:47, 49
  • 5. Matthew 27:43
  • 6. John 19:25
  • 7. Psalms 38:11
  • 8. See Luke 8:2, 3
  • 9. Mark 16:1; [Matthew 27:56]
  • 10. [See ver. 40 above]
  • 11. Luke 2:4
  • 12. For ver. 42-47, see Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
  • 13. See Matthew 27:62
  • 14. Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12
  • 15. Luke 2:25, 38
  • 16. ver. 39
  • 17. [See ver. 44 above]
  • 18. See Mark 14:51
  • 19. [Isaiah 53:9]
  • 20. Isaiah 22:16
  • 21. Mark 16:4; [John 11:38]
  • 22. ver. 40

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Some manuscripts insert cried out and
  • [b]. Or a son
  • [c]. Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died
  • [d]. Greek he
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